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Old 05-10-2012, 01:58 PM   #8 (permalink)
ConnClark
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Originally Posted by MetroMPG View Post
With 287000 vehicle fires per year, how could you possibly assume that? Not hard to find stories of ICE vehicles that caught fire while parked.
Most cars are internal combustion engine powered. When you turn them off the combustion process stops thus eliminating the most viable ignition source. The only two parked car fires I have seen were the result arson and some idiot overtaxing his electrical system with a stereo.
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