This is at 9:30 AM, US 101 North, near the San Francisco Airport. There was a guy standing a few feet behind the truck, and I was nervous because I was way too close as I took this driving by. Had I been more familiar with my Nokia camera, the next picture would have shown the entire truck engulfed in flames. I would guess that it was less than 10 seconds after the first of smoke appeared. A few minutes later the estimate on the radio was of a 1/2 hour delay due to a car fire.
Jill, I think that can happen as a result of a malfunction like a broken or leaky fuel line. Old cars with rubber fuel lines like that old ford truck can sometimes fail due to age or wear from the fuel passing through the line. I did have a volkwagen 411 once that tried to catch on fire from a leaking fuel line -- but ultimately just smoked a lot and then ran out of gas.
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At first I thought that it was the little car the was on fire, but I see that there's something behind it which is actually being consumed by flame.
Is it some kind of a truck and why is the road so empty? Did people actually stop to watch the spectacle?
This is at 9:30 AM, US 101 North, near the San Francisco Airport. There was a guy standing a few feet behind the truck, and I was nervous because I was way too close as I took this driving by. Had I been more familiar with my Nokia camera, the next picture would have shown the entire truck engulfed in flames. I would guess that it was less than 10 seconds after the first of smoke appeared. A few minutes later the estimate on the radio was of a 1/2 hour delay due to a car fire.
Man would that put a kink in the day. Both the 30 min delay sitting on the freeway and having your vehicle explode seem like BadKarma events.
I'm surprised that something like this hasn't happened to me... (*knocks furiously on wood*)
I was just a few seconds behind him really -- I didn't get caught up in it.
How does that just happen? Was there an accident?
There was only one vehicle, which implies no accident.
Jill, I think that can happen as a result of a malfunction like a broken or leaky fuel line. Old cars with rubber fuel lines like that old ford truck can sometimes fail due to age or wear from the fuel passing through the line. I did have a volkwagen 411 once that tried to catch on fire from a leaking fuel line -- but ultimately just smoked a lot and then ran out of gas.
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