Car fires are more common than you think. What are the common causes?
'There's a car fire somewhere in Toronto every day, but it rarely makes the news,' says Michael Wood, a Toronto Fire Services captain.
Despite high-profile incidents involving electric vehicles (EVs), North American fire services are preoccupied with a far more common menace: fires involving conventional gasoline-powered cars and trucks.
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