'The guy from the back of the tanker yelled, 'Run!'' a truck driver who witnessed a San Jacinto Co. chemical plant when it caught on fire told Eyewitness News. It's a survivor story you'll see only on ABC13.
A truck driver said he escaped Sound Resource Solutions after seeing the chemical plant catch on fire on FM 1127 in Shepherd, Texas.Massive black clouds lifted over the fire at Sound Resource Solutions on FM 1127 in San Jacinto County on"I was scared. I just started running, left my truck running, left the doors open. I just started running," truck driver Francisco Arreola said.
Arreola said he was told the semi was intact and made it through the fire. After 9 p.m., he was able to see his truck but said it hadn't been released to him because of the ongoing investigation. Arreola said he didn't see the forklift when he was on site, but he saw a tanker and the fire and heard the explosion.Diesel fuel, among several flammable liquids housed at chemical plant on fire in Shepherd, Texas
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