A teenager who scaled a tree at an Indianapolis park to rescue a cat he spotted high up in the branches ended up stuck himself and in need of a rescue, officials said.

The blaze initially was reported about 1:45 a.m. Wednesday as a trash fire, according to the Indianapolis Fire Department.

Dustin Leake, from Shelby County, Indiana, was working on a construction site with his brother on Saturday morning when he was trapped up to his shoulders.

Officials said a semi tanker hauling 4,000 gallons of jet fuel overturned and dumped fuel on the ramp.

Authorities say the cause of the deadly crash is not clear -- but it is being investigated as an accident.