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Car catches on fire after fuel line punctured
The driver said that he drove over something that must have punctured the fuel line of his Toyota. The car started on fire at 6200 S. State Street.
October 26th, 2008 @ 5:28pm
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funny +1
Montanan
Report Comment 5:57pm - Sun Oct 26th, 2008
LOL How ironic, if you look at all of the picts they were
taken by a photog with the last name of "Sparks", to
funny. Sorry about your car though.
disagree -3
Brown C.
Report Comment 6:19pm - Sun Oct 26th, 2008
Buy AMERICAN @Montanan - I told you those foreign jobers would catch a fire.
ditto +1
Fed Up With ILLEGALS!!!!
Report Comment 7:34pm - Sun Oct 26th, 2008
Id Love to, @Brown C. - But,unfortunately,thanks to the Unions,Id rather have a car that was dependable.GM,Ford and Dodge hasnt turned out a DECENT product in over 25 years,and thats due to the unions,forcing them to pay outragous wages.Because they have to pay some inbred from Flint $45 an hour to put lugnuts on tires,they cant afford to buy quality materials.Sorry,but Toyota,Honda and Volkswagen have better quality cars.
ditto +3
Fred H.
Report Comment 8:55pm - Sun Oct 26th, 2008
@Fed Up With ILLEGALS!!!! - Your probably right about the union stuff. I wouldnt trade my dodge or ford for any foreigh car. And are you sure Volkswagens are good quality? you should do a little research.
disagree -4
Fed Up With ILLEGALS!!!!
Report Comment 9:14pm - Sun Oct 26th, 2008
Pretty Sure, @Fred H. - I had a 1984 Rabbit Diesel,had well over 400k on the odometer,finaly sold it,,never had a lick of trouble out of it.Wife has an 05 Dodge Caravan,bought it brand new,and has maintained it religously,,every month its in the shop for something.Only has about 34k on the odometer.Everybody knows the Krauts and the Japs have us beat on car quality.
ditto +4
first responder guy
Report Comment 9:01pm - Sun Oct 26th, 2008
You can still buy american @Fed Up With ILLEGALS!!!! - I have an american made GMC with almost 100k and I have not done a thing to it and it has been an extremely dependable truck, however I am aware of several Volkswagens that would bring shame to even the worst wrecking yards.
split vote 0
FeS2
Report Comment 6:59am - Mon Oct 27th, 2008
Just because the name isn't American, what does that mean. @first responder guy - Toyota is built in America by American labor for American purchasers. Shut down Toyota, and who looses jobs? Americans.
Think again, Sherlock.
Dilbo
Report Comment 8:39am - Mon Oct 27th, 2008
One less Toyota @Montanan - One down, MILLIONS to go!

My daughter's car sprung a leak. It was a plastic line, exposed to the world directly under the driver's seat.
Who designs this crap?
ditto +1
Calvin48
Report Comment 6:30pm - Sun Oct 26th, 2008
It interesting. . . you would think manufacturers would put some kind of guard over fuel line, tanks ect. Something similar happend to me, but I was driving a Buick. I hit a small piece of diamond plate and it bounced up and punctured a hole in my gas tank. Luckily, it didn't cause a spark to ignite the fuel.

Glad no one was hurt and too bad for the loss of the vehicle.
funny +1
your mom
Report Comment 6:57pm - Sun Oct 26th, 2008
I feel your pain that happened to my 78 Ford Ranger, man it sucks!
funny +1
VAN
Report Comment 7:15pm - Sun Oct 26th, 2008
Thats what.... I call a HOT car! HA-ha! (crickets chirping)
troll -3
Ryan
Report Comment 9:29pm - Sun Oct 26th, 2008
Toyota.. Oh what a feeling.. to see your Crapota burn! HA!
V T.
Report Comment 9:35pm - Sun Oct 26th, 2008
Debris in the road... It scares me to hear these stories of things happening to people who have encounters with debris in the road. Glad it wasn't anything fatal.
ditto +5
Zwise Cracker
Report Comment 9:44pm - Sun Oct 26th, 2008
CURIOUS... I just wonder how the owner is doing on making the payments?

I must say, this is the first time I have ever heard of something like "road debris" causing a fuel line to rupture enough to engulf the whole car like that!!

Sounds a little fishy... just curious, that's all.

Amazing how convenient comprehensive insurance can catch up delinquent payments and get you a new ride.
insightful +1
Enova
Report Comment 10:18pm - Sun Oct 26th, 2008
"Road debris"... @Zwise Cracker - ... is what brought down the Concorde. I can envision a scenario where something flips up hard enough to do damage to a fuel line.

That's not to say this is what happened here... anything is possible in these times when people are under financial stress. I'm just saying I can see it.
Bliss(L.A.)
Report Comment 7:23am - Mon Oct 27th, 2008
@Enova - i was driving an 89 Lincoln, i failed at avoiding a rock, it kicked up and slammed into my fuel line, and as i looked back i saw my fuel spraying out behind me, in a big old mist cloud.

luckily no one had flipped out a cigarette at that moment.

i believe that the story is completely plausible.
ditto +1
Rem
Report Comment 9:48pm - Sun Oct 26th, 2008
~guess Let me guess, the insurance pays off the car and no more car payments? Ran over something? Yeah. Right. The claim is not possible. Time to call the adjustor.
Cupboy
Report Comment 11:06pm - Sun Oct 26th, 2008
ran over something? Yea, insurance doesn't pay for that. Has to be a collision. I ran over a piece of firewood once and they didn't care about the two wheels that need to be replaced.
Nate L.
Report Comment 3:59am - Mon Oct 27th, 2008
I call his bluff If he would have spent the same time and energy of faking his car burning, on a real job, he would have cash money in his pocket like a pimp. Oooh yea. Throw him in a 5x6 jail cell, with a inmate named Sweet Bubba Suzie. Why should I pay for his stupidity in my insurance premium. The insurance company better fight this one to make an example of insurance fraud.
demetri
Report Comment 10:13am - Wed Oct 29th, 2008
@Nate L. - I agree if it was insurance fraud why would it be in the middle of the road? or is that all part of the master plan!
Greggie...
Report Comment 6:00am - Mon Oct 27th, 2008
Bull-ony!!!! His wife meant to cut the BRAKE line!!!!
But she cut the fuel line instead!!!!!

Oops!!! I hope she upped the insurance on the car at the same time she upped the policy on her (what she thought) would be dead husband!!!!

I am so glad I broke up with this woman!!!!!

She will try to implicate me I know it!!!!
J W.
Report Comment 7:19am - Mon Oct 27th, 2008
my VW was made in Westmorland, PA. its been pretty good, I got about 450,000 miles out of it. and it got about 45 miles per gallon.
split vote 0
Scott H.
Report Comment 7:29am - Mon Oct 27th, 2008
Great pics I'm sorry about the car, but those are some great pictures!!!!
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