De acuerdo con el sheriff, diputados respondieron a la ubicación, en referencia a un informe de un vehículo en llamas el lunes. 

Diputados llegaron a encontrar un acoplado para uso general envuelto en llamas y se pusieron en contacto con el conductor de un Ford Lobo modelo 2002 color marrón con placas de Coahuila que estiraba del remolque.    Un tripulante masculino indicó que tuvo la oportunidad de liberar el remolque de la camioneta antes de que el incendio podría causar algún daño a su vehículo. 

El Departamento de Bomberos de Eagle Pass asistió en la extinción del fuego y el conductor, junto a sus pasajeros, negaron tratamiento médico. La Patrulla Fronteriza de Estados Unidos ayudó en el control del tráfico.

Utility trailer

spontaneously

combusts on Hwy 57

A Piedras Negras family returning home on US Highway 57 when their utility trailer suddenly caught fire around 5:00 PM on Monday.

The smoke from the burning trailer could be seen from a distance as clouds of black, billowing smoke rose in the air.

When News Gram cameras arrived, fire trucks and law enforcement vehicles surrounded the utility trailer on the westbound lane coming back to Eagle Pass just past the checkpoint.  Maverick County deputies were directing traffic diverting it around the scene of the blaze.

According to Sheriff Tom Schmerber, deputies responded to the location, in reference to a report of a vehicle on fire Monday. 

Deputies arrived to find a utility trailer engulfed in flames and made contact with the driver of a 2002 maroon Ford Lobo bearing Coahuila plates that was pulling the trailer. The male subject stated that he had the chance to release the utility trailer from the pickup before the fire could cause any damage to his vehicle. 

The Eagle Pass Fire Department assisted in extinguishing the fire and the driver, alongside his passengers, refused medical treatment. The United States Border Patrol assisted in traffic control.