Cause of Truck Fire Unknown
Posted/updated on: August 10, 2011 at 2:27 am
TYLER — The bed of a truck caught fire on Hwy 271 near UT Health in Tyler on Monday afternoon. Officials say several passers-by pulled over to help the drivers of the truck put the fire out before it spread to nearby dry grass. People even removed their shirts and used them to help extinguish the blaze. The truck’s driver said he had no idea how the fire began. The driver reportedly saw smoke coming from the bed of the truck and by the time he had pulled over, it had escalated to a large fire.
