WAXAHACHIE, TX - A shipment of avocados tumbled onto the roadway after the truck, which had been carrying them, burst into flames according to Inside Edition. The 18-wheeler was driving down Interstate 35E outside Waxahachie, Texas, when the accident occurred.

The truck was transporting 40,000 pounds of avocados, which tumbled from the burning vehicle onto the road, blocking traffic and closing down Interstate 23, while firefighters attempted to smother the blaze. New York Daily News writes that the Texas Department of Public Safety claims that the accident appears to have been caused by a mechanical issue.

When the avocados hit the road, many of them were charred and burnt, but, fortunately, no people were harmed in the blaze. According to the Guardian the avocados were most likely headed through Texas from Mexico. 

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