NEW YORK (1010 WINS/WCBS 880) -- A box truck exploded into fire on a Bronx street Wednesday morning, burning nearby cars and halting service on a nearby subway line.
The truck was carrying epoxy and propane tanks when it burst into flames just before 6 a.m. at Dyre Avenue and Light Street in Eastchester, right by the elevated Eastchester–Dyre Avenue subway station.
The propane did not ignite, but the epoxy did, leaking out of the truck and igniting a half-dozen parked cars and a van.
"The flammable fluids started coming out, running down the sidewalk, started catching all the cars on fire," said a witness named Sidney who lost three cars to the inferno. "They were catching so fast. It was moving so fast."
"This was like a scene out of a horror movie," he said.
Stunning video shows fire consuming the truck and cars as a plume of dark gray smoke rises over the area.
Once the fire was extinguished, all that was left of the vehicles was their charred frames. The siding on a nearby building also appeared to have melted in the heat.
Despite the ferocity of the fire, no one was injured, the FDNY said.
FDNY Battalion Chief Pat Nevins said it was a challenging fire given the potential hazards, as well as the proximity to nearby traffic, homes and transit.
As a precaution, service on the 5 line was stopped for about an hour between the East 180th Street and Eastchester–Dyre Avenue stations.
There was no damage to the subway, according to the FDNY.
The cause of the fire is under investigation by the fire marshal.
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