Originally Posted By: PSM
Originally Posted By: hikermor
Can you give references for any verified, real world instances where that occurred, especially in the absence of lightning?


I had a hard time coming up with a title for the thread and probably did a poor job. My point wasn't that fires can be started accidentally, per se, but that objects that we use in the wild every day may be a threat. My SUV sits there day after day and I didn't realize that it may pose a fire threat.

It's just a heads-up to increase situational-awareness.


As some might recall from the movie title "Farenheit 451", that is the ignition point of dry paper (233 °C).
This is a couple of hundred degrees hotter than the 160 °F or so that it takes to feel 'hot'.

My personal opinion is that there is far more igniton danger from your catalytic converter (which can reach 750°F on the outer surface) than there is from your hubcaps.
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