Water Bottles Cause Fire

In fact in 2017 a similar warning was circulated on social media that said leaving a water bottle in your car on a hot day could result in a fire.

Water bottles cause fire.

Believe it or not water bottles. For a water bottle to cause a fire everything must line up perfectly. Environmental protection agency epa says deha cannot reasonably be anticipated to cause. See the attached video.

Idaho power technician dioni amuchastegu inadvertently almost started a fire in his truck after a water bottle refracted direct sunlight and caused the seat. The information in the message is true. A smooth spherical transparent bottle full of a clear liquid that s placed at just the right point from both the light. Live science wrote.

After numerous comments and questions about the actual possibility of a water bottle being able to start a fire we put it to the test today. Leaving a water bottle. It did in fact work. Our water bottles left behind in our vehicles could focus light to form a beam of heat and ignite a spark to cause an interior car fire.

Given the right kind of plastic container and the right environmental conditions sun shining through a water bottle can indeed lead to combustion. In fact deha is not inherent in the plastic used to make these bottles and even if it was the u s. Message warns that a water bottle left inside a car on a sunny day could ignite the upholstery and start a fire. Leaving water bottles in hot cars can have unexpected consequences officials warn there are several things that shouldn t be left in a car during summer months.