Firefighters Are Warning People to Never Leave Bottled Water in Your Car

[mfcorey1]

A battery technician with the Idaho Power Company was on lunch break when he noticed smoke coming from beneath the center console of his truck. The culprit, he was surprised to learn, was a bottle of water. "I looked over and noticed light was being refracted through a water bottle and starting to catch the seat on fire," said Dioni Amuchastegui in a video shared on the company's Facebook page on July 13.

The evidence shows how dangerous leaving a plastic bottle in one's car on a sunny day can be: two burn marks were left on the seat of Dioni's vehicle.

Firefighters are warning drivers about the hazard, too. In a test conducted by Oklahoma's Midwest City Fire Department, sunlight magnified by a water bottle reached 250 degrees, news channel KFOR reports. "The sunlight will come through, when it's filled with liquid, and act as a magnifying glass as you would with regular optics," said MCFD's David Richardson.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/health/healthtrending/firefighters-are-warning-people-to-never-leave-bottled-water-in-your-car/ar-AAqcjrM?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=mailsignout

[ProfessorGAC]

1. Makes Sense

Wouldn't have considered it, though.

However, could have just left it on the floor. Then it could be in the car but out of the sun. Might not work for me though. I drive a ragtop.

[yuiyoshida]

2. Wow

[tblue37]

3. Not to mention that the plastic can leach into the water in the heat. nt

[TheBlackAdder]

5. +1

[DFW]

6. Far too many ignore that danger

Many of those plastic bottles are made with toxins that may be stable at room temperature but start to break down as low as 200 degrees. That can start to put carcinogens into the water. NEVER drink water out of a plastic bottle that has been exposed to heat.

[TheBlackAdder]

4. My mom had a stained glass 'sun catcher.' I walked into the kitchen and paper napkins were smoking.

[warpigs72]

7. And just what were the paper napkins smoking?

[volstork]

8. LOL

[TheBlackAdder]

9. Dang!

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I couldn't find a weed reference comeback that linked to a napkin.

Kudos, for the win!

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[Dave Starsky]

10. Heat also promotes bacterial growth and can make you sick.

Best just take that bottle in with you.