Explosion, Fire Rocks Jersey Village Scrap Yard

JERSEY VILLAGE, TX — Firefighters from the Cy-Fair Fire Department and the Jersey Village Fire Department are responding to an explosion and a fire at a metal scrap yard in Jersey Village.

The explosion was reported at about 11:45 a.m. Tuesday, in the 12000 block of F.M. 529, near Northwoods Industrial Park.

INCIDENT ALERT - EXPLOSION/ TRASH FIRE@CFVFD crews are assisting Jersey Village Fire Department with a reported explosion at business at the 12000 block of F.M. 529. near Northwoods Industrial Park. First arriving crews reported the area burning to... https://t.co/vJPiinpgM6
— Cy-Fair VFD (@CFVFD) January 15, 2019

A witness who has an office near FM 529 and Fairview, said he heard and felt the explosion, and that it actually shook his office building.

Initial reports indicated the fire was a trash fire that ignited a propane tank. Officials are still on the scene of the incident. There do not appear to be any injuries

This is a developing story.

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