It’s a real dumpster fire.
Wild video shows the back of a city Sanitation Department truck ablaze in the middle of a snow-packed Queens street Monday morning.
The footage obtained by The Post captured bright-orange flames bursting from one the receptacles on the back of the DSNY truck, halfway down a residential Kew Gardens street — with heaps of dirty snow still piled up around parked cars.
The fire – likely sparked by a lithium-ion battery improperly tossed in the trash, according to the DSNY – erupted around 9:40 a.m. on Kew Gardens Road near 82nd Avenue, the FDNY said.
The FDNY extinguished the blaze around 11 a.m. according to the department.
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The official cause of the blaze remained under investigation. But a DSNY spokesperson said it appears to have erupted after one of the highly flammable batteries – used to power e-bikes, scooters and mopeds – was disposed of incorrectly.
“Improperly disposed batteries regularly cause fires in our collection trucks, putting our workers, equipment and facilities at risk,” the department said in a statement. “We have seen a big increase in this issue over the last several years.”
The department encouraged New Yorkers to bring unneeded lithium ion batteries to SAFE Disposal Events and Special Waste Drop-Off Sites open three days a week in each borough.