A load of charred wood burst into flames in the back of a truck near a Speedway gas station in Taos Saturday afternoon (May 23), unbenownst to its driver, who stopped the vehicle dangerously close to a diesel gas pump.
Taos volunteer firefighters responded to the scene near the intersection of Paseo del Pueblo Sur and Paseo del Cañon East around 3 p.m. Saturday and were able to put out the fire, keeping it from spreading to the nearby fuel tanks. The driver was assessed by a medic at the scene and was uninjured in the incident.
Employees at an adjacent Kentucky Fried Chicken leaned on a railing outside the restaurant as the firefighters continued to spray water and cooling foam at the blackened truck, which had been pulled into a safer location under a nearby carwash.