SAN ANTONIO – At the Preserve at Medina subdivision off of Highway 16 on the far southwest side of San Antonio, an old oil well is leaking methane and hydrogen sulfide. And the smell of gas in the air is thick.
“You’re just breathing it in sometimes. The smell goes in the house too, like through the cracks and stuff,” says Crystal Morales. Her sister lives down the street from this old oil well that was first plugged in 2006. However, it keeps leaking after multiple plugging attempts by the Texas Railroad Commission. Today, we saw Bexar County Public Works taking pictures of the oil on the street and sidewalks. Residents say they were unaware of this before moving into the neighborhood.
“The front office has never notified us or told us about anything,” says William Helsel…