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Baltimore trash truck catches fire, sends black smoke into air

Black smoke was captured in downtown Baltimore Friday morning from a trash truck that caught fire. The fire occurred in the city's Mount Vernon neighborhood.

Dramatic video posted to social media captured a large trash truck fire Friday morning in Baltimore. 

Black plumes of smoke made a stark contrast against sunny, blue skies, with smaller orange flames seen emanating from the vehicle. 

The Baltimore Firefighters Union IAFF Local 734 tweeted that the fire happened in the 900 block of Cathedral Street in the Mount Vernon neighborhood. 

Fire officials were on the scene of the fire that is "producing black smoke across downtown."

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Images posted to Twitter showed efforts to put out the fire

According to Fox 45 Baltimore, the truck caught fire at around 10:30 a.m. local time. 

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The station, citing a Baltimore City Fire spokesperson, said the cause of the fire remains under investigation.

CBS Baltimore said no injuries have been reported in the incident. 

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