UPDATE:

An early morning explosion in the Sleep Inn & Suites’ parking lot in Fort Stockton left behind a trail of damage on Tuesday. The explosion happened at 7:20 a.m. causing a loud boom heard miles away, shaking buildings and rattling windows.

Pecos County Emergency Management Coordinator Jessie Dominquez and his crew were the first to arrive on scene. When they arrived there was no active fire, however debris was spread everywhere. According to Dominquez, some of the debris even broke two windows at the hotel.

Dominquez said a man was driving out of the hotel parking lot in a Penske moving truck with a U-Haul trailer attached to the back end. He believes a barbecue grill that was inside of the trailer was the culprit.

“It appears that one of the items inside the trailer hit the propane grill and accidentally turned the valve on,” Dominquez said. “When it hit that it leaked the propane inside the trailer and shortly after that the item hit the igniter on the grill. It created a spark and that’s when it exploded the trailer.”

The majority of the man’s belongings inside the trailer were destroyed.

CBS 7 tried to speak with the man about the incident, however he declined the interview.

No injuries were reported.

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The City of Fort Stockton was awoken by a loud explosion Tuesday morning behind the Sleep Inn & Suites.

According to the manager of Sleep Inn & Suites Hema Patel, a man staying at the hotel was pulling out of the parking lot when a propane tank in his U-Haul exploded.

Patel says the man wasn't injured in the blast.

An employee of Comfort Suites heard the explosion as they worked "We heard it all the way down the street, it was a loud boom".

CBS 7 has reached out to the Fort Stockton Police Department and Fire Department and are awaiting more information on the blast.