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Video: Car catches fire after driver lights up cigarette, uses hand sanitiser

Maryland - The event happened on Thursday evening at a shopping centre in US.

Published: Mon 17 May 2021, 10:16 AM

Updated: Mon 17 May 2021, 11:14 AM

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In a bizarre accident, a car caught fire after its driver smoked a cigarette and proceeded to use hand sanitiser.

According to Eyewitness News, the event happened on Thursday evening at a shopping centre in Maryland, USA. Along with photos, news helicopters captured dramatic footage of the fire.

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The hand sanitiser is believed to have ignited on contact with the lit cigarette and set the car on fire.

"Using hand sanitiser and smoking a cigarette is a bad combo in unventilated areas like a car," said officials from the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service.

According to firefighters, the driver was taken to the hospital with minor burns and his injuries are non-life threatening.

The vehicle was a total loss.



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