It was your typical Friday night on the 3700 block of Main. There were bands playing at both The Continental Club and Shoeshine Charley's Big Top Lounge, The Mink was minding its own business serving drinks and Tacos-A-Go-Go were catering to their usual crowd of taco munchers when the evening started to really get hot! Hot as in flaming barrel hot. Houstonist Flickr photo contributor and resident photographer for The Continental Club, Jay Lee caught this event as it happened and has full details on his blog.
The truck was transporting a backhoe as well as an industrial strength cardboard barrel that somehow caught fire. The truck driver hopped in the backhoe and knocked the barrel off the truck and attempted to put out the flames but the barrel rolled and fortunately not into the pumps of a nearby gas station. The fire was put out by the truck drivers and a few homeless people before the fire department arrived.
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Photo courtesy of Jay Lee
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