It was then that a large plume of black smoke erupted from the engine compartment of the car. It turned out that excessive heat generated by a broken caliper melted the bead on his right-front tire ...

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A Sonic employee is recovering after his car exploded just before heading home from work on Friday around 11 p.m. on W 34th near Hwy 290. The man smelled some kind of gas when he ...