<![CDATA[Jalopnik: car fires]]> http://tags.jalopnik.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jalopnik.com.png <![CDATA[Jalopnik: car fires]]> http://jalopnik.com/tag/carfires http://jalopnik.com/tag/carfires <![CDATA[This Corvair Is Exactly Why We Need The Evergreen 747 Supertanker]]> What's left of this first-generation Chevy Corvair found in front of what's left of its garage yesterday in Tujunga, California is exactly the reason we need the Evergreen 747 Supertanker fighting the Station Fire. Save the Chevys!

Photo Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

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<![CDATA[Woman Checks Gas Can With Lighter, Gets Burnt]]> An Illinois woman used a lighter to illuminate the contents of a gas can in her car. Predictably, the fumes ignited and exploded, lighting the car's interior on fire. The Darwin honorable mention's now recovering from second degree burns. [SunTimes]

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<![CDATA[Porsche Carrera GT Burns In Shanghai]]> This Porsche Carrera GT caught fire at a track day at the Shanghai International Circuit, burning to a crisp shell before marshals were able to extinguish the blaze. Strangely poetic accident report below.

By Porsche owners, the owners at that time driving a Porsche to drive in the fast-track driving, suddenly saw smoke out of the front cover of the engine, the car stops quickly and get off after a roadside view, then suddenly leapt up from the fire body , gas flame, nearly 5 meters high, not be able to control the fire too, from time to time, the tire explosion.

Track not far from the Rally Team FCACA quickly fire personnel, but the fire was too fierce fire fight when the whole cab was destroyed, but fortunately this is the only track on a car, did not result in major incidents.

Although the car next to an emergency fire-fighting personnel, but the fire but too fast and the ultimate Porsche only a hollow shell. However, the owner of the car is pointing at the car said, "can see a large fire."

[via BBS 163]

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<![CDATA[Why You Shouldn't Drive Your State Police Car To A Honduran Protest Rally]]> The leadership struggle in Honduras has been fairly bloodless, but it doesn't mean supporters of ousted President Zelaya won't take out their aggression on poorly-disguised police vehicles trying to infiltrate a rally. Here's the story of one such incident.

As you can see from the photos, two plainclothes state police representatives were attempting to get closer to a funeral/protest rally when someone noticed the two had National Direction of Criminal Investigations uniforms in their vehicles, as well as a shiny new truck.

If you hit "next" you can follow along and observe the right way to torch a vehicle without harming anyone.

Step One: Identify the representatives of the state and safely remove them from the vehicle.

Step Two: Move the vehicle, in this case a new Mazda truck, over to a ditch so as not to block the road.

Step Three: Trucks burn better upside down, plus it makes for a better photo. Also, notice how the protesters are lifting with their knees. Good form.

Step Four: You should always protect your face from flying debris, like this gentleman.

Step Five: When pouring combustibles on the vehicle always make sure to keep a safe distance, like these two young ladies.

Step Six: Celebrate by taking a photo for the international press. Remember, AFP and AP broadcast to the world.

Photo Credit: YURI CORTEZ/AFP/Getty Images

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<![CDATA[Most Recent Lamborghini Gallardo BBQ Now With Video]]> Not content with still imagery of burning supercars, we've dug up some juicy footage of that extra crispy, molotov cocktail-esque Lamborghini Gallardo that we delightfully brought you yesterday. Flaming exotic number 20, we salute you.

The roof the roof the roof is on fire
The roof the roof the roof is on fire
The roof the roof the roof is on fire
We don't need no water let the mother f**ker burn
Burn mother f**ker burn

[via BBCNews]

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<![CDATA[Another Lamborghini Gallardo Goes Up In Flames]]> Add another to the list of Lamborghinis lost to sudden and catastrophic fires. This latest bull-headed super car to catch fire did so outside a pub in England.

The fire happened yesterday, when two men were apparently out test-driving the car and had to bail when they notice smoke billowing from the engine bay. They called fire fighters and attempted to put the car out with a hand held extinguisher, but the car burned to the ground. Adding insult to injury, the pair stopped outside a line of bars and the inferno drew a crowd of about 150, all recording the blaze for posterity with their cell phones.

Considering this kind of thing is becoming strangely common in the world of Lamborghinis, we're wondering if this is some kind of planned obsolescence program to insure continued super car sales.

Photo Credit: Daily Mail

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<![CDATA[The Saddest Thing You'll See All Day: Jaguar E-Type Fire]]> The Jaguar E-Type is on every car-nuts must-have list as one of the most lust-worthy road-going cars ever produced. This guy managed to finally buy his own. It caught fire on the way home.

I work at a fire department in the Atlanta area and thought you guys might enjoy these pics. They're of a 1971 Jaguar that apparently had just been purchased that day and somehow caught fire before the guy got home with it. I never found out what caused the passenger compartment fire or how devastated the new owner was but that's a friend of mine putting it out. And just so you know, he's not sitting there letting it burn in the first pic - he's waiting for the engineer to get water to him from the pump so he can put it out.

We're man enough to admit if this happened to our newly-purchased E-Type, we'd cry. Like a little girl. Not only is it an E-type, it's a fastback, and it's the incredibly desirable 1971 with the lighter and more reliable 4.2 liter straight six and without the hideous Federally mandated rubber block bumpers that came in 1972. Like little girls, we'd cry. (Hat tip to Ryan!)

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<![CDATA[French Hooligans Burn 1,147 Cars To Celebrate New Year]]> Sacré bleu! The French Interior Ministry is reporting the country's emerging New Year's Eve pastime of burning cars for fun has resulted in 1,147 torched automobiles, up 30.64% from last year.

Police arrested 288 people during the "festivities," a number also up from last year's 259 arrests. As a result of his 35,000-strong nationwide police force being incapable of maintaining order, model-marrying French President Nicolas Sarkozy is suggesting those minors convicted of setting cars on fire be stripped of their licenses until they pay back the damages caused by their actions. Since most of these people are youths and France has a pretty strong public transit system, we're assuming this plan will have a huge impact on next year's shenanigans. [International Herald Tribune]

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<![CDATA[Real Life Grand Theft Auto - Portland, Maine Edition]]> We didn't actually know Portland, Maine had crime or even roads, we always just assumed it was an idyllic beach town where Bostonians drove for long weekends to eat big lobsters. Apparently it's actually Maine's largest city and the location of a seriously impressive crime spree straight out of Grand Theft Auto. Thomas Cassidy, 19, apparently went off the deep end and randomly began burgling and vandalizing and then starting cars on fire. He managed to get through ten cars in a little over two hours before police caught up to him by accident while canvasing for witnesses.

Veteran firefighters couldn't believe the speed with which Cassidy was able to start the blazes — faster than they were able to respond and put them out. The Portland Press Herald has a Google maps overlay of the path of destruction and the in-depth story, but we were shocked to find nary a reference to violent video games leading to the fall of western society. Hey, just as a word of caution, El-Wert-o may want to stay away from purple Jeep Cherokees in the Portland Maine area. photo credit to the Gregory Rec/Portland Press Herald

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