Houston's gonna be short hundreds of jack-o'-lanterns this Halloween. (CNN/WFAA)

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Happy Halloween: Truck fire strews burned pumpkins

Updated: Thursday, 18 Oct 2012, 9:40 AM EDT
Published : Thursday, 18 Oct 2012, 9:39 AM EDT

ENNIS, Texas (AP) — Houston's gonna be short hundreds of jack-o'-lanterns this Halloween.

A tractor-trailer rig toting a load of pumpkins to the Bayou City crashed into a guardrail on U.S. 287 in Ennis and burst into flames.

The driver wasn't injured in the 6:45 a.m. Wednesday accident, but hundreds of burned and burning pumpkins were strewn on the highway.

Investigators don't know what caused the driver to lose control of the rig.

Multiple fire companies were called to the city's near southwest side to battle …