Little lighter, led to a fire Early May of this year, Mr. Wang bought a Toyota car, and purchased a 2007 version of motor vehicle commercial insurance from.the insurance company.
Of the month may 29, car accident fire.
At that time, Mr. Wang will be parked in a street of economic and technological development zones,then go to do his business,but not go far to hear someone shout "car on fire ... ..."
He quickly dialed 119 and 110.
Two fire engines and 12 firefighters rushed to the scene, after more than 1 hour of full fighting, the fire extinguished, but the vehicle was seriously damaged, has been scrapped.
Police on-site disposal, and found no signs of sabotage.
Firefighters asked and was originally know that there is a cigarette lighter under the windscreen , it is the lighter that lead to the fire.
What is the lighter looks like?
The owner said, length of the lighter is about 20 centimeters, the size likes a cell phone, he spent more than 10 dollars buy in the stall
Firefighters said the car after a long exposure, the interior temperature increased, disposable lighters also increased the internal pressure, combined with sunlight, or friction, extrusion, collision easily understood explosion. "With the lighter built-in so much liquid butane ,its burning time is too long, so the car was severely damaged."
Seek compensation settlement with the insurance company
Mr. Wang claimed to the insurance company,but the insurance companies delayed for various reasons. Mr. Wang accused the insurance company to court, asking for compensation around 12.5 million.
High-tech District Court accepted the case. Yesterday, Mr. Wang reached a settlement with the insurance company, Mr. Wang withdrawal.
These things give us a profound lesson, especially in summer , we must pay attention to lighter, mousse, hair gel and other items,which should not put in the car, otherwise such a small object may give us big trouble.
Small objects put in car as follows should also be cautious:
Carbonated drinks: Metal cans easy to heat, the body itself has a pressure tank, high temperature will burst. There is various line in a car , lots of wiring area without waterproofing, leakage of the beverage will cause a short circuit.
Perfume: Essential to produce a flammable gas,the gas concentration is highest in front of the car, when the concentration and temperature is up to its limits ,it may cause an explosion. Even if the concentration of volatile is not enough to the car, perfume bottles also exist potentially explosive because car front is shine by sunlight. Car perfume instructions are often marked the warning message that when it meet high temperature and collision ,it will explode.
Magnifier: Magnifier, reading glasses and so on are equally dangerous goods in vehicle,if it happened to be the focus of concentrating on items in the car, it will ignite items