A buried propane tank with a broken shut-off valve drew College Station Fire Department hazmat crews to Todd Mission on Saturday morning, Oct. 24, and a section of the festival campgrounds next door was cleared while they burned off the gas.
No injuries were reported, and festival officials said operations were back to normal later that day.
How the morning unfolded
Todd Mission's volunteer firefighters were sent to a home on Tuliptree Lane at about 8:45 a.m., KBTX reported, citing the Grimes County Office of Emergency Management. The Grimes County Sheriff's Office told ABC13 the first report came in around 8:15 a.m.
Firefighters found an underground tank holding roughly 300 gallons of propane that was leaking because its shut-off valve had failed, according to the county release. Neighbors were asked to leave voluntarily as a precaution, and campfires at the festival were put out.
According to the sheriff's office, firefighters asked campers in one portion of the grounds to move out around 10:15 a.m., and that section reopened a little after 11 a.m. The sheriff's office said there was no danger to the public. The county release noted that Grimes County itself did not carry out an evacuation at the festival.
