Houston Police Chief Jim McNiell uses a garden hose to contain a vehicle fire that started Monday morning on Industrial Drive when Herbert Douglas, left, drove too close to a brush pile he was burning in his yard. McNiell was able to keep the fire away from the vehicle's gas tank until two units with the City of Houston fire department arrived.

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