Car goes up in flames in bank's HQ parking lot - was it a lightning strike?

[webfact]

Daily News Thai Caption: Lightning strike!

 

Daily News reported that fire services in the downtown Huay Khwang area were called after a car caught on fire in the parking lot of the HQ of the Government Housing Bank on Soi 7 of Rama 9 Road.

 

The blaze was brought under control within 15 minutes and there was no spread to other vehicles. By that time half the vehicle was burnt out.

 

People reported seeing the car struck by lightning before the fire started.

 

There had been consistent heavy rain the area before.

 

Investigations continue. 
 

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[AgMech Cowboy]

Was the car electric, hybrid or NGV converted...

[Burma Bill]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

a car caught on fire in the parking lot of the HQ of the Government Housing Bank

Carrying "hot" money to the bank???

[steven100]

26 minutes ago, Burma Bill said:

Carrying "hot" money to the bank???

the owner working inside the bank had cash to burn

[KhunLA]

1 hour ago, AgMech Cowboy said:

Was the car electric, hybrid or NGV converted...

If EV, surely that would have been the headliner ... ????

[ThailandRyan]

Wondering if the car was on the police Hot List...

[PETERTHEEATER]

Hole-in-the-wall NGV conversion......

[Sydebolle]

An alternative to "not keeping up with installment payments"? Maybe the car was insured - we shall never know ....... 

[brianthainess]

So funny the safest place in a lighting storm is a car insulated by 4 rubber tyres

No doubt i will yet lots yer buts   

[degrub]

Ok.

the high current will tend to flow on the outside skin of the car along paths of lowest resistance after it connects to the upward reaching ground leader from the area near the top of the car.  Not always perfect though. Better than using your body by sitting outside the car though. 
 

the high current will also arc across or heat to the point of autoignition at any high resistance points in the path. So starting a fire under the hood or where there are plastics is likely. Possibly a dead short of the starter battery.

[hotchilli]

On 9/15/2022 at 7:04 AM, webfact said:

People reported seeing the car struck by lightning before the fire started.

Hand of God.

[ThailandRyan]

6 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Hand of God.

Nah it was just Zeus

[Liverpool Lou]

On 9/15/2022 at 7:08 PM, Sydebolle said:

An alternative to "not keeping up with installment payments"? Maybe the car was insured - we shall never know ....... 

Can car owners now order lightning strikes on demand?...

"People reported seeing the car struck by lightning before the fire started".

[degrub]

Only if lucky lotto numbers are involved 555

[transam]

Was it an EV......?

 

 

[Sydebolle]

20 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Can car owners now order lightning strikes on demand?...

"People reported seeing the car struck by lightning before the fire started".

Well, well, in this land "people" are seeing so many things which are absolutely invisible anywhere else.

If lighting struck the car then it might be possible, that some nearby are definitely deaf; whoever witnessed a lighting stroke nearby will confirm that.

Furthermore - in most cases - hits the highest point first, i.e. a big tree on the country side or a lightning conductor rod on top of a building. but who am I to know; I was not in said parking lot of the bank when lightning stroke ???? and hence still hear and see everything clearly 8-)