VIDEO: Tornado threatens firefighters battling wooden pallet fire
ALVARADO, Texas - Newly released video shows firefighters in Johnson County being told to brace for a tornado as they fought a large fire.
"All units on the fire ground, all units on the fire ground, we have a tornado between Lilly and Alvarado with large debris signature. All units on the fire ground, please take shelter immediately," a dispatcher says in the video.
More than a dozen departments were at the scene of a fire at a wooden pallet plant near Venus Monday night.
They had to take shelter in their trucks as the tornado hit nearby.
Thankfully, none of the firefighters were hurt.
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It appears lightning started the fire and the flames spread when propane tanks exploded.
Nearby homes were evacuated but not damaged.
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