When the man lit a cigarette, the car suddenly exploded. Don’t put these things in the car in summer.
Photo of spontaneous combustion and fire of small trucks on Shanzhan Expressway provided by Shantou traffic police.
Text/Figure Yangcheng Evening News reporter Pan Liang
Recently, a news that "the man exploded in the car when he lit a cigarette" was posted on the internet hot search, which triggered a heated discussion among millions of netizens. On May 22, Suqian, Jiangsu, a man lit a cigarette in the car. Who knows that at the moment of ignition, the car suddenly exploded, causing the car glass to break and the roof to burst. From the appearance of the vehicle, the skylight on the roof was directly opened and the windshield "disappeared out of thin air". Fortunately, the man’s life was not in danger, but the power of the explosion also caused a lot of harm to the man. At present, the specific cause of the accident is under further investigation. According to eyewitnesses, the man’s hair was burned out, and there were explosives such as perfume and lighters in the car.
In summer in Guangdong, it seems that even the air is filled with a mass of fire. When the vehicle is parked in a hot summer day, the temperature inside the vehicle can easily reach above 60℃. At the moment of opening the door, the hot air blows on my face, as if in a steam room, and I can’t sit down at all. In this case, some common daily necessities and car accessories are potentially dangerous.
Related case
May 22, 2022, Shantou City, Guangdong Province. On the Hexi Bridge of Shanzhan Expressway, a light truck parked in the emergency lane caught fire, and smoke billowed from the scene. After preliminary understanding, the cause of the light truck fire was spontaneous combustion. A gas tank and some sundries were loaded on the truck, which were all burned in the spontaneous combustion accident. Fortunately, there were no casualties.
June 20, 2021, Shaoguan City, Guangdong Province. A car owner parked his car in the sun. Due to the high temperature in the afternoon, the car suddenly popped twice and began to spontaneously ignite. According to the situation at the scene, the rescuers quickly pointed a water gun at the fire site to spray water. After five minutes, the fire was extinguished. Fortunately, there was no one in the car at that time.
On June 11, 2021, Mr. Wang and his younger brother were driving on the Ningxiang section of Hunan Changyi Expressway when the vehicle suddenly spontaneously ignited. According to the investigation, the cause of spontaneous combustion was caused by the exposure of the lighter placed in front of the windshield of the vehicle.
Guangzhou Fire Department reminds drivers not to open the hood if they find smoke or fire at the engine of the car! Once the hood is opened, not only the hood is easy to burn the palm of your hand, but also the flame will become bigger because it is exposed to sufficient air, which is not conducive to fighting. In addition, drivers should regularly maintain their vehicles, check their circuits and oil circuits, and do not modify their internal circuits and parts without permission. Do not store flammable and explosive articles such as lighters, perfumes, reading glasses, canned gas, carbonated drinks, batteries, charging treasures, plastic toys, etc. in the car, and equip them with fire extinguishers in case of emergency.