[BluH2o]

... the crew compartment had to be hosed out and given a fresh coat of white paint, which also covered the smell from Shermans that had burned.

The Sherman M-4 tank was called the 'Ronson lighter' because would light up every time it was hit.

[ExNewsExSpook]

Actually, the fire danger was overstated; the biggest reason some Shermans caught fire was that most were powered by gas engines. Gas ignites much more easily than diesel, but most tanks during WWII (on all sides) utilized gasoline engines.

Many of the Sherman fires were caused by ammunition that ignited and exploded in the crew compartment. The early models had a poorly-designed system for storing ammo. Later variants put ammunition into a more protected location and surrounded by a “water bath, reducing the possibility of explosion and fire.