Schulenburg Volunteer Fire Department Third Assistant Chief Darren Guentert (in the blue shirt) checks in with a Fayette County Sheriff’s Department deputy and Fayette County EMS at the entrance to Pilot off Highway 77 as the evacuation of the building and parking areas were nearly completed. Sticker Photo By Darrell Vyvjala
No serious injuries resulted from a poisonous gas leaking from a tanker trailer at Pilot Monday afternoon, July 11 but it did lead to an evacuation of the immediate area.
A truck driver heard escaping gas after he pulled into the truck stop from Interstate 10, according to Fayette County Emergency Management Coordinator Craig Moreau. Other truck drivers in the vicinity on the east side of the build…
