PHOTOS: Tanker catches fire in Boyle Heights

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Friday, October 31, 2014
Smoke rises from a fire sparked by an overturned tractor-trailer in Boyle Heights on Friday, Oct. 31, 2014.
ABC7 Twitter user @cityofangels007 shared this photo of smoke rising in Boyle Heights after a tanker overturned and caught fire on Friday, Oct. 31, 2014.
ABC7 viewer Gilbert Velasquez sent in his photo of the overturned tanker engulfed in flames in Boyle Heights on Friday, Oct. 31, 2014.
Clouds of smoke and flames could be seen in this photo submitted by ABC7 Twitter user @Amazing_Aye on Friday, Oct. 31, 2014.
Fire engines park at 8th and Soto streets in Boyle Heights to put out flames from an overturned tractor-trailer on Friday, Oct. 31, 2014.
Firefighters work to put out the flames from an overturned tractor-trailer in Boyle Heights on Friday, Oct. 31, 2014.
Firefighters extinguish the flames from an overturned tractor-trailer on Friday, Oct. 31, 2014.
Firefighters work to clear the scene after a tanker overturned and caught fire in Boyle Heights on Friday, Oct. 31, 2014.
Smoke rises from a dumpster near a fire caused by an overturned tractor-trailer in Boyle Heights on Friday, Oct. 31, 2014.
Fire from an overturned tractor-trailer in Boyle Heights chars a utility pole, causing it to spark on Friday, Oct. 31, 2014.
Fire caused by an overturned tanker damages a nearby home in Boyle Heights on Friday, Oct. 31, 2014.
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PHOTOS: Tanker catches fire in Boyle Heights Smoke rises from a fire sparked by an overturned tractor-trailer in Boyle Heights on Friday, Oct. 31, 2014.
ABC7 viewer Esteban Martinez

BOYLE HEIGHTS, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A tanker overturned and caught fire Friday afternoon in Boyle Heights, threatening at least three homes. The flames were quickly put out. See photos.

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