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Video: Oil Boom Spurs Full-Time Firefighters

In La Salle County, about an hour southwest of San Antonio, production in the Eagle Ford Shale is estimated to drive 90 percent of all 911 calls. Before November, there were just a handful of volunteer firefighters to respond.

by Alana Rocha

Credit: Jennifer Whitney

In La Salle County, about an hour southwest of San Antonio, production in the Eagle Ford Shale is estimated to drive 90 percent of all 911 calls. Before November, there were just a handful of volunteer firefighters to respond.

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Alana Rocha

Director of News Partnerships