'My new car caught fire just days after I bought it'
www.bbc.co.uk
Sian Crooks said her car suddenly came to a stop and within seconds the engine was "engulfed in flames".

It often feels like EV fires make major headlines while ICE vehicle fires go under reported despite being order of magnitude more likely and common. Nice to see an ICE vehicle fire actually making media headlines for a change.

  • hperrin@lemmy.caEnglish
    11·
    14 hours ago

    Did you read it?

    As indicated in Figure 13, large truck fires were more likely to begin with the ignition of a tire than other items. Tire ignitions were also more common in bus fires than car fires. The two most common items first ignited among all highway vehicles were (1) electrical wire or cable insulation and (2) a flammable liquid or gas in or from the engine or burner. Incidents where the item first ignited included a flammable liquid or gas were the deadliest. An estimated 50 percent of the civilian deaths occurred in these incidents.

    Turns out, when a big tank of gasoline is set on fire, it’s deadly.

    • Buffalox@lemmy.world
      2·
      11 hours ago

      Turns out, when a big tank of gasoline is set on fire, it’s deadly.

      That has absolutely zero to do with the car which is not a car but a truck being ICE.

      • hperrin@lemmy.caEnglish
        1·
        8 hours ago

        Read carefully.

        …among all highway vehicles…

        That paragraph is about both trucks and cars. The average car has what, a 12 gallon tank of gasoline? That’s an incredible amount of flammable liquid.

        What are you on about that electric cars have to be more dangerous for you? Are you heavily invested in an oil company or something?