23 cars burn at Lakeland fly-inLAKELAND -- On a hot day Thursday, 23 drivers got plenty more heat than they bargained for at the Sun 'n Fun Fly-In: Their cars in a parking lot were torched by fire.
The fire started about 12:45 p.m when the catalytic converter of a Maserati ignited the dry grass beneath it, said Frank Bass, a Lakeland Fire Department investigator._____
Story with photos: 23 Cars Caught in Flames at Fly-In
April 07, 2006
Don't park on the grass
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Oh man.. and a Maserati too? tsk tsk. Sounds like something a Ford would do, doesn't it?
According to the article, the Maserati owner was quite unset and refused to be interviewed. I hope he had good insurance, so he can buy a truckload of Fords now.
For a week, local firefighters were fighting a wildfire started by a Ford SUV. :-)
We haven't had rain here in well over a month. You could start a fire by... well, shaking the Bushes. They're pretty much toast already (see Polk Pulse).
Similar situation down here. We did get some rain, finally, Saturday night, but no more is predicted in the coming days.
Hope you got enough rain up there to help get the fires under control. Maybe summer will bring the real rains we need -- without the hurricanes, of course. :-)
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