Business and the flow of traffic was disrupted after an explosion at a FedEx ground facility in Schertz early Tuesday morning.
“The police stopped me, “ Abraham Cisneros said. “I was like, 'What’s going on? What happened?'”
Cisneros was driving to work on Lookout Road. When he reached his turn on Doerr Lane, police told the PSP Industries worker about an explosion in a neighboring facility. To his horror, the details reminded Cisneros of the four explosions under investigation in Austin. “I feel nervous and I have lot of things on my mind,” he said.
Drew Hollis was just as shaken. He lives in Austin but drives to Schertz to work.
“You’re supposed to feel safe at home and then all this happens…you’re second guessing yourself,” Hollis said. He added that the mysterious explosions has him checking around doorsteps.
He and Cisneros were among the employees for several companies who were escorted in groups by police to work after being corralled in a warehouse parking lot.
Teresa Melendez works at FedEx in Schertz. She said the incidents have made coworkers and customers uneasy. “All you hear about is who’s gonna get blown up next?” Melendez said. “Everywhere I go to deliver to…you sure there’s no bomb in there?”
Worker Cheryl Brumbaugh said the whole situation is ridiculous and upsetting. Brumbaugh said this investigation affects her family. “I have anger because I am a law enforcement officer’s wife and so this plays into that,” She said.
18 wheeler driver George Williamson said he was parked at a neighboring facility when the explosion in Schertz happened. He said he didn’t know about until the police made him move his truck. “If this takes all day, I’ve got to sit here until they open the road,” Williamson said.
The truck driver said the delay due to the investigation had a domino effect on his next load. It also affected his bottom line and his company’s. He and other big rig drivers were stuck on Lookout Road, unable to drop off their loads until nearly 10 o'clock Tuesday morning.
He left wondering why the explosions keep happening. “If I wake up in a bad mood, I ain’t gonna send a pipe bomb or shoot somebody,” he said. “I’m going to get a cup of coffee and say hey---drive forward.”
Traffic and business in the area with the exception of the FedEx facility moved towards normalcy before noon.