A fire started in a Phoenix garbage truck on Monday morning, prompting the truck's driver to dump fiery trash onto North 36th Street near East Shea Boulevard.

The trash in the garbage truck caught on fire shortly before 7 a.m. The truck unloaded the pile of burning trash on Stoney Point Road near Hampton Drive in Reading Township.

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Answer: I can understand why you might think garbage and recyclables are dumped together in the truck because, from the street level, it sure looks that way. That's not what's happening, however.

The trash in the back of the truck caught on fire, causing the drivers to drop the load to save the truck. Video posts of the incident started to garner attention on social media.

A garbage truck spilled trash across State Route 163 Monday afternoon, causing heavy traffic. All lanes were reopened by 1:20 p.m. Skip to content. FOX 5 San Diego & KUSI News.