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Honda goes up in flames on Frontage Road

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By adamg on Thu, 12/15/2016 - 8:19am
Honda Civic on fire on Frontage Road

Roving UHub photographer Mike Pineau passed by this Honda flambe on Frontage Road off the Expressway around 6:50 a.m., a few seconds before Boston firefighters pulled up.

Neighborhoods: 
South End
Topics: 
Driving
Free tagging: 
I-93
Frontage Road
Southeast Expressway


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Comments

By anon on Fri, 12/16/2016 - 12:46am.

How does this happen? What causes cars to catch fire?

By BoredatWork on Fri, 12/16/2016 - 12:19pm.

poor maintenance , faulty components and beating on the motor , no oil etc.. most liquids in cars are flammable too .. not too hard when you have multiple issues going on

By BikerGeek on Fri, 12/16/2016 - 4:10pm.

1. Fuel leak, fuel gets sprayed on a hot exhaust manifold, boom
2. Oil leak, much less likely but can still happen
3. Overheated brakes, which can happen any of several ways: driving in mountainous terrain, driving with your left foot on the brake, driving with the handbrake on, stuck disc-brake caliper
4. Electrical fire
5. Smoking materials dropped on carpet