Motorists stranded after filling up with contaminated fuel

Emily Watson tells inForney.com her husband fueled up at the Exxon Tiger Mart gas station on Farm-to-Market (FM) 1641 and Interstate 20 but didn’t make it home before his car broke down.

he culprit? Contaminated fuel. The gas station is supplied by Victron Energy Inc. and operated by Tatco Properties Inc., an independent dealer, according to ExxonMobile. ExxonMobile no longer operates retail locations in the United States but researched the issue when contacted by inForney.com. Due to a tank cap not being properly installed, a tank containing unleaded gasoline at Tiger Mart #22 in Terrell was contaminated with rainwater, according to Christian Flathman, Public and Government Affairs spokesperson for Exxon Mobile Corporation. -

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