Posted on 05/14/2021 12:05:31 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Alcohol caused a car accident — but not in the way you might expect.
A car burst into flames Thursday after a Maryland motorist unwisely used hand sanitizer while smoking. A harrowing video taken from a news chopper shows the vehicle smoldering in a parking lot as firefighters rush to douse the blaze.
“Using hand sanitizer and smoking a cigarette is a bad combo in unventilated areas like a car,” a Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service official told the local ABC affiliate. The crew responded to the freak inferno, which occurred around 5:30 p.m. at the Federal Plaza Shopping Center in Rockland
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Two Car B Que stories in one day.
In France those are known as Auto Flambe.
I bet there was no sign on the hand sanitizer that warned that it was flammable. I smell a lawsuit coming on. Probably same Lawyer that compelled auto screen protectors to have caused the remove before driving sign on the inside of them. Guess there was same way they avoided having to put that on both sides.
Flambe du auto.
Au Jus.
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