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Wildfire spurs evacuation of B.C. music festival | Winnipeg Free Press (www.winnipegfreepress.com)

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[–] liara@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Princeton RCMP said a quartet were riding ATVs near Coalmont Sunday evening when one of the vehicles caught fire, and flames rapidly spread near the viallage. [sic]

I feel like ATVs don't just catch on fire or is it just me? Seems more likely the brush ignited due to exhaust pipes or something

[–] snoons@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

I would guess so as well, considering most people (myself included until a few years ago) are unaware that combustion engines create so much heat that can easily happen in the right conditions.

[–] rab@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean it's not out of the realm of possibility. Is a combustion engine

[–] liara@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Other articles say it malfunctioned, so it may be closer to the truth. I just find the use of passive tone was a bit eyebrow raising because it removed accountability from the ATV driver