SHELTER-IN-PLACE LIFTED AFTER HAZMAT INCIDENT ON OIL FIELD ROAD

  

Washington County agencies responded to the scene of a hazmat incident Thursday evening on Oil Field Road.

According to the City of Brenham, a company drilling a water well hit a pocket of hydrogen sulfide and an oil pocket at 9920 Oil Field Road.  The city’s notice on social media went out around 6:45 p.m.

A shelter-in-place order went out for a mile around the affected area, but no evacuations were ordered. 

City of Brenham Communications and Public Relations Manager Melinda Gordon said around 7:15 p.m. that crews were able to pump mud into the well and plug the wellhead.  Gas numbers read at zero, so the shelter-in-place was lifted. 

The Brenham Fire Department and Washington County Office of Emergency Management were among the agencies called out.  College Station hazmat crews also responded.