Houston: Big pile of mulch on fire

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It is a mulch fire.

https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/grass-fire-harris-county/285-e5715e3f-c313-49c3-aec4-12ba678ed6fd

Giant piles of mulch and tree bark do occasionally catch fire just from the heat generated inside.
(I had the experience of working at a bark bagging plant one summer as a teenager. Fire was part of the job.)

https://www.thespruce.com/why-landscaping-mulch-can-spontaneously-combust-and-how-to-prevent-it-5184551

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