DEER PARK, Texas (KTRK) — Human remains were found inside the white SUV that was pulled from the site of the pipeline fire on the border of Deer Park and La Porte, police confirmed Thursday morning.
Officials believe the vehicle crashed into a valve and sparked the fire that’s been burning for days.
SkyEye was live over the scene during Eyewitness News at 7 a.m. as crews hooked up the burned SUV with a winch and dragged it away onto Spencer Highway on Thursday.
The vehicle officials believe crashed into a valve, igniting a pipeline fire near Spencer Highway in the Deer Park/La Porte area has been removed.
Investigators surrounded the vehicle and looked inside.
Harris County medical examiners recovered and removed the remains. They’ll now begin working through the identification process, which will take some time, Deer Park police say.
The fire has been burning since the crash on Monday morning, though the flames now are noticeably smaller.
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