Off-duty firefighter extinguishes truck blaze with beer

An off-duty Houston firefighter made the best of his resources when trying to put out a truck tyre fire – he used beer the rig was hauling.

Fire Captain Craig Moreau and his wife were driving home after a trip to Austin when they came upon an 18-wheeler on fire. He and the trucker tried using a small extinguisher, but the blaze flared up again.