This justifies your purchase of a $20 fire extinguisher for each of your old cars.

http://www2.godanriver.com/news/2011...le-ar-1459479/

I've known this car for years. It belonged to an elderly neighbor lady and I washed it and took it in for service for her many times. Present owner bought it from her estate and had maintained it nicely until now.

The way the interior's burned, makes you think wiring like Jamesbo's Hurst. But I wouldn't hesitate to bet ethanol-laced fuel might have contributed.

 

That is sad!

 

Add scary to sad.

 

that sucks ..... I have a small fire ext. in my car and my version of quick disconnects on the battery .... I can have the battery cables off in less then 10 seconds

 

Want to bet that most don't have a FE in their car? If you do, the best one is a CO2 because it does the job and doesn't contaminate any harnesses it touches. Course a fire doesn't discriminate on burning wires so it's really the owners call.

Don't forget: FE's must be checked and recertified periodically. Check your local fire codes for those dates. I believe refills are every 3 years, and tank recert is every 6.

 

The worst part would be having to watch it burn.
railguy

 

I can relate to that. My 78 VW beetle caught fire in the engine bay while I was driving. By a stroke of luck it had been raining the day before, and there was a ditch beside the road. A good samaritan stopped and used his lunch cooler as a bucket to scoop up water and put the fire out. The car was saved. I was VERY lucky.

I do carry a fire extinguisher now, and when working with fuel lines etc. I put a lot more thought into safety.

 

I have a FE in the back passenger floorboard of my car. I get the odd look when friends see it but I am not taking any chances. I also disconnect the battery when I know I won't be driving it for a while.

 

It there a speical FE you need to keep inside a car? One that won't explode and have the CO2 leak out? Or just a regular one from Home Depot will do?

 

I have one in my old cars but I dont have one in my daily driver truck.
Thats probably not very smart and I should get one for it too.

 

Absolutely frightening! Have they determined the cause or origin of the fire?