Car-B-Q. Photo via Ari Ofsevit.
The Cambridge Fire Department reports firefighters doused a flaming car next to the Green Line viaduct and across from the Museum of Science garage (and future home of the Leonard Nimoy memorial) this morning.
A car exploded near my apartment. #Boston pic.twitter.com/JUA8dxRY0l
— Amber Ying (@amberying) March 2, 2023
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Not my photo
By Ari O
Thu, 03/02/2023 - 11:13am
Screen grab from a friend's facebook.
Also
By Ari O
Thu, 03/02/2023 - 11:14am
A BMW SUV.
What a shame.
Calling Whyaduck
By Smart Arse
Thu, 03/02/2023 - 11:34am
Didn’t there used to be a UH poster with Whyaduck as their handle? If so, I demand their commentary on this incident.
Does anyone know how that actually happens?
By CopleyScott17
Thu, 03/02/2023 - 1:33pm
I'm curious about what might cause a vehicle to burst into flames or explode. Cigarette disposal? Flammable materials? Short circuit? I know electric vehicles have issues with the batteries, but I've always thought gas-fueled fires were incredibly unlikely.
An oil or gas leak onto a hot exhaust manifold
By robo
Thu, 03/02/2023 - 2:33pm
Will do it. Could have been an electrical fire too - a short or a spark that ignited oil or fuel from a leak. Just need a small flame and all the plastics start to burn and turns into a full blown fire very quickly.
I'm pretty sure it was
By Don't Panic
Thu, 03/02/2023 - 11:58pm
I'm pretty sure it was spontaneous vehicular combustion. I'm pretty sure saw William Shatner cover it on "The UnXplained". /s
In this case it looks like a crash
By Deedle
Fri, 03/03/2023 - 10:15am
In a couple of the CFD photos, you can see the passenger front end crumpled against a bollard (yay bollards!), so I suspect the crash set off a fire, although it could have been the other way around.
I reckon fire departments are relieved when they're called to a car fire and no EV batteries are involved, because I've read those can take hours (and thousands of gallons of water) to fully suppress, to prevent "thermal runaway".
(Off-topic to Adam/UHub: I sent a couple of email messages last month, asking to create a "legit" account for comments, but didn't get any reply. Are you still registering anyone?)
Why a car?
By jmeltzer
Thu, 03/02/2023 - 8:05pm
Why not a duck boat?
'blown away'
By schneidz
Fri, 03/03/2023 - 2:09pm
25 year anniversary remake ?
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