Driver stops truck-on-fire from crashing into Orange County homes

A driver is being praised for her heroic actions after she stopped a garbage truck that was engulfed in flames from crashing into Orange County homes on Friday morning.

Home surveillance video taken around 7:50 a.m. showed the moment the truck malfunctioned on Mount Triumph Way, bursting into flames mere feet away from a family’s home in Yorba Linda.

The homeowners, Mark and Candice Holman, told KTLA’s Rachel Menitoff that their children were still in bed when it happened.

“The combustion, it kept popping, and I got worried as it got closer to the gas tank that we didn’t know what was going to happen,” said Candice.

The truck crashed into two of the family’s brand-new trucks before rolling down the hill, spreading its flames onto the hillside and endangering the life of the truck operator.

“It was fully engaged, the tree was engulfed,” detailed Mark. “This was a really bad situation.”

Authorities said it could have been much worse had it not been for a very brave truck operator who prevented the fire from spreading further.

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