Would love to hear from a fireman if they ever saw this before. Puddles of metal?
Yes - it seems to mean a grass fire had enough fuel to burn at a heat sufficient to melt metal and glass and did so long enough to melt it all down to puddles.
Look familiar?
Tires burn very hot, hot enough to melt alloy wheels.
I couldn’t tell you how many burned vehicles I’ve seen on shoulders of interstate highways during my trucking career. Often the burning vehicle starts the grass next to the shoulder on fire.
A boss I had from 02 to 07 had a nice farm shop. One night his son’s stone cold 99 F150 simply caught fire and burned the shop down.
He said he awoke about 2am to his dog outside barking. At the moment he opened his eyes, he saw a flickering orange glow on tbe bedroom wall, jumped out of bed to see flames coming out of the roof the shop. Two semi tractors in the back portion had a lot of fuel in them. But by the time the fire dept got there they were ablaze too.
Aluminum has a low melting point. And newer cars have a lot of aluminum in them...
I’ve seen similar pictures form some of the wildfires we’ve had in New Mexico.