Seguin street reopens after trash truck dumps burning load onto the road

SEGUIN, Texas – Austin Street in downtown Seguin has been reopened to traffic, about two hours after a trash truck released it’s trash load onto the street after it caught fire Friday.

Seguin police said South Austin Street at Donegan had to be closed to allow a crew to clean up the trash and debris.

Police had asked drivers on its Facebook page to avoid the area.

According to the social media post early Friday afternoon, the driver of a Republican Services truck noticed smoking coming from the back of the vehicle, and in an effort to prevent the truck from possibly catching fire, released a large load of trash onto the street.

The area happens to be where the popular restaurant Burnt Bean is located.

The Seguin Fire Department quickly put out the fire.

There’s no word how the trash caught fire.