On Sept. 20, 2022, a TikTok channel named @insideedition.official posted a video titled, "Garbage Truck Bursts into Flames." The clip was viewed millions of times and showed a green garbage truck with a Waste Management logo catching on fire shortly after dumping a load of refuse. We soon found that this was a real and legitimate video, with no signs of it being staged.
First, the @insideedition.official TikTok channel was not the "official" account for the entertainment news TV show, "Inside Edition." The real account for the program is @insideedition.
The original "Garbage Truck Bursts into Flames" video was uploaded on YouTube on March 31, 2020:
Readers may be wondering why the person holding the camera was standing in such a perfect spot to record the garbage truck bursting into flames. The reason is simple:
The video was recorded by a YouTuber known as Curotto Can Man, whose YouTube channel includes at least hundreds of videos of various types of garbage trucks in action.
In fact, Curotto Can Man even created a video titled "Garbage Trucks: The Movie" and released it on Christmas Day in 2021.
The holiday gift to garbage truck enthusiasts was described like this:
aka 2021, a year in review. here is a clip of every single truck I filmed in 2021, about 175 trucks crazily enough. I believe this is the longest comp on yt now. this took about 4 hours to upload lol. Other than that, not much to say and if you finish this in one sitting you're a G.
Comment your favorite truck and stuff you would like to see and I will probably post it in January! Also, first person to comment which truck they would like to see more of will get it featured on New Years!
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thanks for watching and merry Christmas to all!
We reached out to Curotto Can Man to learn more details about the incident and will update this story if we receive a response.
In sum, yes, the "Garbage Truck Bursts into Flames" video was real and had no signs of being staged.
For further reading, we previously reported on another video that featured a garbage truck violently throwing a woman off of a bench.
Source:
“Curotto Can Man.” YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/c/Curottocanman.