[wheelguy]

Ford Ecosport caught fire at Malappuram district of Kerala, other details not known.

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[hserus]

Doesn't the first photo show a couple of aux lights installed? Could be an electrical short in these that caused the fire.

Originally Posted by wheelguy

Ford Ecosport caught fire at Malappuram district of Kerala, other details not known.

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[Mr.Boss]

Originally Posted by hserus

Doesn't the first photo show a couple of aux lights installed?

I couldn't find any, am I missing something?

[Shamegz]

Saw this Linea on NH66. Location is near to Mulki, a town between Mangalore and Udupi.
Incident occurred last week, other details not known.

[BenjiRoss]

What do they use while spraying vehicles to sanitise them on the road. This video of a bike catching fire is from social media and I have no information as to where and when it happened.

https://youtu.be/rDxdGavb8do

In addition to the above query, I have 2 more points to highlight.
1. Which part of the bike caught fire - was it near a fuel line or the hot exhaust?
2. They quickly accessed 2 fire extinguishers, but both could not be used - was it a lack of expertise or defective extinguishers.

Do share more info if you find it.

[ajmat]

Ironically, this C class caught fire 50 metres away from the dealer. The front end is intact though. No sign of fire retardants or foam or anything. Looks like this happened at night and the car burnt itself out

[sumeethaldankar]

I have received a wats app forward stating cars which had a sanitizer kept in it and another which was recently sanitized caught fire in Mumbai.

https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumb...armichael-road

Can a sanitizer cause a fire if kept inside the glove box protected from the sun's heat ?

[Raghav96]

Originally Posted by sumeethaldankar

Can a sanitizer cause a fire if kept inside the glove box protected from the sun's heat ?

In my opinion short circuit caused the fire and vapours of the sanitiser acted as catalyst(if we have to bring the sanitiser in the picture).

[vigsom]

A car caught fire near Kakinada, and was gone before firefighters arrived.

https://youtu.be/1YsCYeTuodw

Looked like a Skoda from another video I received through whatsapp.

What is appalling in that video is that no attempt was made to douse the fire when it had started; some guys were merrily shooting videos.

Attaching a screen-grab of the video I'd received.

[for_cars1]

Originally Posted by vigsom

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What is appalling in that video is that no attempt was made to douse the fire when it had started; some guys were merrily shooting videos.

Not trying to justify the action of the by-standers here.
Maybe at the very initial stages, there is a little chance of curbing the fire if there is a fire extinguisher around.
However, it is pretty dangerous to go anywhere near a vehicle on fire due to the chance of fuel exploding, apart from the searing heat.
Also any attempt to pour water over the fire will furter aggravate it causing the oil to splash and spread the fire.

[vigsom]

Having worked in the Petro Industry, we've been trained to suppress a fire within the first few seconds, to prevent it from getting bigger.

I think it boils down to poor sense of emergency preparedness - except in case someone is injured or has been knocked out, where people respond swiftly with at least some first aid, fire fighting awareness is just lacking.

Mobile cameras are now used not just to record for evidence, but also to shoot others' pain. I've seen countless such video forwards.

[darklord]

Kozhikode: Brand new car broke down. Caught fire while moving into a recovery vehicle:



https://www.manoramaonline.com/distr...ught-fire.html

[airbus]

Just saw this news about tragic bus fire accident - Five dead as Bengaluru-bound bus catches fire in in Karnataka’s Chitradurga

Five passengers, including three children, were charred to death in Karnataka’s Chitradurga district after a Bengaluru-bound bus starting from Vijayapura caught fire in the wee hours of Wednesday. According to officials on the ground, the bus had a total of 32 passengers onboard, excluding the driver and the helper. Chitradurga Superintendent of Police G Radhika confirmed the incident and said that the identification of the deceased was yet to be done as the bodies had been completely charred.

[Xaos636]

Woke up to the sound of a blast at 6:30AM today. Went out to see an auto on fire right in front of my home. The driver just managed to park the auto to the side after seeing smoke from the backside of the auto. The sound I heard were the back tyres bursting as the flame engulfed them.
Fire brigade arrived in 5 minutes but the damage was already done. Could be short circuit as most auto’s are well fitted with all kinds of innova/scorpio tail lamps, other disco lights, and many other aftermarket fitments. But that is a wild guess from my side.

[WhiteSierra]

Originally Posted by Xaos636

Woke up to the sound of a blast Went out to see an auto on fire right in front of my home. Could be short circuit

It could even be a leaking CNG or LPG cylinder which are usually fixed in autos for more mileage.