Trash truck dumps load on city street after crew sees and smells smoke

A Texarkana, Ark., firefighter sprays down a pile of trash that caught on fire in the back of a RWI truck on Label Drive.
A Texarkana, Ark., firefighter sprays down a pile of trash that caught on fire in the back of a RWI truck on Label Drive.

A trash truck crew dumped refuse on a city street after smelling smoke coming from the load Friday morning.

The refuse truck driver then pulled the truck forward and the employees got out of harm's way and called the firefighters.

Firefighters were dispatched about 9:15 a.m. and were able to put the blaze out quickly.

No one was injured.

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