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Bookmark or Share- Vehicle Fire Safety - U.S. Fire AdministrationVehicle Fire Safety. It's important to act quickly if a vehicle catches fire. Burning vehicles can quickly trap occupants. Mechanical and electrical issues, along with crashes, are common causes of vehicle fires.
- Top 10 Causes of a Car Fire | HowStuffWorksCars catch fire mostly due to electrical or mechanical reasons. Indicators that a car could potentially catch fire are fluid or oil leaks, loose wiring or rapid changes to fuel levels or the engine temperature. Vehicle fires account for nearly one of every eight fires reported.
- What to Do If Your Car Catches Fire - Consumer ReportsConsumer Reports explains what to do if your car catches fire. Although less of a risk than decades ago, vehicle fires are still common enough to be a risk.
- Vehicle fires - NFPABy Marty Ahrens 29-Feb-2020. An estimated 212,500 vehicle fires caused 560 civilian deaths 1,500 civilian injuries; and $1.9 billion in direct property damage in the US during 2018. Vehicle fires caused 4.5 times the number of deaths as nonresidential structure fires and 1.6 times the number of apartment fire deaths.
- Car fire: What to do if it happens to you - State FarmCar fires don't happen frequently, but when they do, they're a potentially deadly emergency. Learn what to do when you experience a vehicle fire. According to the recent figures from the National Fire Protection Association , there were around 173,000 highway vehicle fires reported in 2020.
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