WATCH: Truck carrying scooters catches fire downtown - News - Austin American-Statesman - Austin, TX
Ariana Garcia
Saturday
Jun 1, 2019 at 8:01 PM Jun 1, 2019 at 8:16 PM
A truck pulling a trailer carrying approximately 20 scooters caught fire Friday night in downtown Austin, according to the Austin Fire Department. They said the truck was picking up scooters near Brazos Street.
A generator charging the scooters on the trailer overheated, sparking the fire, officials said.
No one was injured but 15 to 18 of the scooters were damaged in the fire, they said.
Instagram user @ut_mish3al, who did not give his real name, captured the blaze around 11 p.m. near the Four Seasons Hotel. He said he stopped his car to respond to text messages when he noticed the huge fire and started filming.
"It was an absolutely amazing sight," he said. "It was probably burning for at least five to 10 minutes before police and the fire trucks got there. It was crazy."
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A big truck with about 100 #scooters on it catches fire in #downtown #Austin happening #NowPlaying There were like 5 rows of scooters and each row had about 12-15
A post shared by Nymble Digitz (@ut_mish3al) onMay 31, 2019 at 9:54pm PDT