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Lightning strike causes fire near oil tank, SAWS facility on South Side

No injuries reported; water customers shouldn’t be impacted, SAWS says

Explosion near SAWS treatment facility in South Bexar County (KSAT 2022)

SAN ANTONIO – A lightning strike caused a grass fire near an oil tank at a South Side site near a SAWS facility Monday night, according to officials.

Emergency crews responded to the 4500 block of Hardy Road, east of I-37 and south of Loop 1604, just after 9 p.m.

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Joe Arrington, the public information officer for San Antonio Fire Department, said no injuries have been reported so far.

A power outage in the area was also reported.

Anne Hayden, a spokesperson for SAWS, said water customers shouldn’t be impacted by the fire near the SAWS H2Oaks facility.


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