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In reply to the discussion: Idiot in Hummer filled 5 gas cans expecting shortages. Put them in his car and lit up a cigarette [View all]Warpy
(111,255 posts)59. You can pour gasoline on a small fire and put it out
Gasoline, itself, doesn't burn all that well. It's the gasoline vapors that can go boom, or in this case, whuff.
It's why old cars had carburetors and new ones have fuel injectors, to aerosolize the gasoline into fumes so it will burn.
Likely there was gasoline drip on the outside of the cans and that's where the vapor came from. Once the fire started, everything in the interior burned, and it burned hot, bursting glass and shooting across the hood of the car.
Forensics will determine where the fire started. My money's on a Darwin event instead of an engine fire. The intact grill, light covers, and side quarter panels tell that story. The cabin is completely toasted and likely where it started.
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Idiot in Hummer filled 5 gas cans expecting shortages. Put them in his car and lit up a cigarette [View all]
packman
May 2021
OP
Hopefully, his insurance company is smarter than people who repeat unverified claims
Effete Snob
May 2021
#20
One injured but well enough to refuse advice to be transported. Thank goodness.
Hortensis
May 2021
#24
The gas cans and fictional reddit cigarette had nothing to do with the fire...
WarGamer
May 2021
#55