Large flames and chemicals caused several small explosions, making it difficult to fight the fire at an old warehouse located along Pinn Road near Highway 151.  

Fire crews spent time and resources trying to connect to a fire hydrant that was too far away, down a long, private road. “Water that is coming out of a hydrant, will go into an engine, boost that pressure to keep it going on, we can do that for as long as we need to go down the road,” said Joe Arrington, public information officer with the San Antonio Fire Dept.

A firefighter witnessed this and called police, providing deputies with a vehicle description and license plate number, Kuhl said.

Deputies located the vehicle and issued the driver, a 71-year-old man, a citation for careless operation of a motor vehicle, Kuhl said.

Careless operation of a motor vehicle is a civil infraction with a $200 fine in Jackson County.