I imagine seldom, without involving an accident involving a moving vehicle.
But it does.
In 1977 or so, a Cadillac belonging to a mob boss exploded, unoccupied, in the middle of the night and burned.
The head of the local bomb squad was friends with some of the guys that worked for me.
A few days after the explosion he dropped by to chat and was asked about it.
He said he was surprised as anyone to find it was a gas leak, with the vapors filling the passenger compartment until the electric clock set it off.
No sign of foul play.
it was a gas leak, with the vapors filling the passenger compartment until the electric clock set it off.
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I am skeptical.
Funny you should tell that story because, in fact, my neighborhood was a Little Italy. So, when I saw that car explode, my first thought was that it was a hit. But, the car was empty, and the local paper didn’t mention the explosion. I might’ve been the only person who witnessed the moment that car exploded, and no one I knew even heard about it, except from me. Maybe what happened to that Cadillac in 1977 is what happened to this car. Anyway, that was the only time I saw a gas-powered car burst into flames spontaneously, but we sure are hearing many stories about EVs catching fire now.
That guy’s name didn’t happen to be Sam “Ace”:Rothstein, was it?😜