How does that Happen............

[said]

A concrete car park, built less than ten years ago is on fire in Liverpool. One car is said to have caught light and exploded and almost every car on various levels have been burned out and the building is now unstable. Can anyone explain how this could happen?

[Ceam]

A concrete car park, built less than ten years ago is on fire in Liverpool. One car is said to have caught light and exploded and almost every car on various levels have been burned out and the building is now unstable. Can anyone explain how this could happen?

Think you kind of just explained it yourself. Each car a bomb waiting to blow.

[said]

Think you kind of just explained it yourself. Each car a bomb waiting to blow.

There have been several occasions where a car has caught light in a car park - but none has spread to all levels of a multi story car park to my knowledge.

[The PNP]

There have been several occasions where a car has caught light in a car park - but none has spread to all levels of a multi story car park to my knowledge.

Petrol is dodgy stuff, a top ingredient in Molotov cocktails! Imo, the sooner all cars become electric, the safer for all road users.

[Alikado]

Early reports suggest 1400 cars totally destroyed later updated to 1600, I expect that number to rise drastically in the next few days, mine might be one of them!

[Little Londoner]

Early reports suggest 1400 cars totally destroyed later updated to 1600, I expect that number to rise drastically in the next few days, mine might be one of them!

And the car park only holds 200 cars, Motability could fold with this amount of claims.

Is anyone else astounded by the fact that you put Petrol in the bottle to make a Molotov Cocktail. And here was the world thinking exploding glass had been invented.

[Darkside]

Petrol is dodgy stuff, a top ingredient in Molotov cocktails! Imo, the sooner all cars become electric, the safer for all road users.

When Richard Hammond crashed the Rimac electric supercar in Switzerland the wreckage kept 'spontaneously' bursting back into flames for over a week afterwards as the energy cells set one another off. At least once the fuel from a petrol engined car has burnt off it's no longer a fire risk.

[The PNP]

When Richard Hammond crashed the Rimac electric supercar in Switzerland the wreckage kept 'spontaneously' bursting back into flames for over a week afterwards as the energy cells set one another off. At least once the fuel from a petrol engined car has burnt off it's no longer a fire risk.

Mobile phones using same battery technology may also spring into flames....
But imo way less risky than carrying petrol in your jacket pocket, lol!

[PENTHOUSEJOE]

Old stanboardman joke. Guy parks his car in a Liverpool car park. Scaly comes up give us a quid to mind your car mister. No it's ok kid he says, I've got a Rottweiler on back seat to look after it. Oh that good says the scaly. Can it put fires out . Happy start to the year for Merseyside car dealers😬😬😀

[Hamble]

Technology seems to be increasing fire accidents.

[rare-pepe999]

Technology seems to be increasing fire accidents.

Based on what?

[MICK/GILLY]

Will the building crumble to dust and fall down in its own footprint.

[shippy]

A concrete car park, built less than ten years ago is on fire in Liverpool. One car is said to have caught light and exploded and almost every car on various levels have been burned out and the building is now unstable. Can anyone explain how this could happen?

Another case of cutting corners and not installing a sprinkler system.

Don't those in charge of health and safety learn from mistakes..


http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-41230521

[Hamble]

Based on what?

Based on electrical equipment in phones and cars and other appliances which have caused fires.

[Hamble]

Another case of cutting corners and not installing a sprinkler system.

Don't those in charge of health and safety learn from mistakes..


http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-41230521

They should have swopped cladding for sprinklers in high rise flats or stick to building modern low rise affordable accommodation.