Flames and smoke poured into the sky Wednesday after a Department of Transportation truck caught fire in Queens.
Sources tell CBS New York a pothole repair crew working nearA witness told CBS New York how she had trouble getting through to 911.
"I tried to call 911 and it was a busy signal," she said."I tried to call again, was a beep tone, and then the third time was a voicemail. Then I tried to send a text message, and the text message come back saying, 'Please send the location.' I send the address, and then was like, oh, servers are very busy right now."
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