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A New York taxi caught fire in the middle of Fifth Avenue on Monday as the city endured its first major heatwave of the summer.
The car was parked outside 435 Fifth Avenue, a shopping hub between east 38th and 39th street when it erupted into flames at 1.30pm when temperatures soared to 94F.
The driver was not inside at the time and no one else was hurt but pedestrians were filmed fleeing from its perimeter in fear it would explode.