One day, about 35 years ago, as I was walking down an empty street in my neighborhood, a car parked at the end of the block suddenly exploded into flames. No exaggeration. But, how often does that happen to a gas-powered car?
Did they blame you?
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.
“One day, about 35 years ago, as I was walking down an empty street in my neighborhood, a car parked at the end of the block suddenly exploded into flames. No exaggeration. But, how often does that happen to a gas-powered car?”
Maybe Uncle Guido knows?
I’ve seen 2 in my 64 years.
#7 a car parked at the end of the block suddenly exploded into flames.
Was it a mob hit?.... : )