As some roads began to reopen, Eyewitness News talked to a man who opened a private road and helped escort 31 students from a private school and additional residents.
Hours after a chemical plant fire closed off multiple roads, they have reopened and residents are working to reunite with loved ones.As night fell on Wednesday in San Jacinto County, many residents were finally able to reach their homes in the evening hours after a plant fire closed off their only access.
"I'm devastated. I don't know what's going on, but I have elderly parents at the top of the road," Yolanda Aqunette explained. "So, I need to get up there and make sure they are OK." "I know if that's what's blowing up, nobody can get out, so we kind of just communicated a little bit," Koleck said. "Everyone dropped everything and just started helping get from point A to point B because there's no way to get to them. It's all shut down."
"We don't have any power, and my wife is handicapped, and I came out of there just a minute ago to see what's going on myself," Ernest Pace, who said he heard a blast before the fire started, said. "I can't even get to the store without going way out of the way."
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