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Correction for anyone likely to be disappointed as I was - raw footage of the fire after the crash. The guy with the video camera gets there and interviews an
by Amadou 13y ago
Correction for anyone likely to be disappointed as I was - raw footage of the fire after the crash. The guy with the video camera gets there and interviews an eye witness after the car is already burning.
What is amazing to me is just how much the entire car burns. I really don't know anything about car fires but it looks crazy how much the entire vehicle is engulfed in flames from what appears to be a one-car head-on accident in a relatively new mercedes.
I had a, I guess unfounded, belief that a modern luxury-brand car would be fairly fire retardant. Not much you can do about gasoline and the tires, but seems like all the interior upholstery and cushions, etc could be reasonably non-flammable.
- dredmorbius 13y agoHaving seen a few car fires (including several arsons): once they do catch fire, they tend to burn for a good 10-30 minutes, depending on variables. There's a lot of plastic in cars, and that's little more than solid oil. Accelerant will help start the process. And yes: fires in the event of accidents are fairly rare, even at high rates of speed.