{"id":197,"date":"2020-05-22T13:38:37","date_gmt":"2020-05-22T06:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vinrade.com\/blogs\/?p=197"},"modified":"2020-05-22T13:38:37","modified_gmt":"2020-05-22T06:38:37","slug":"dont-leave-hand-sanitizer-in-your-car-on-a-hot-day-the-fire-department-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vinrade.com\/blogs\/dont-leave-hand-sanitizer-in-your-car-on-a-hot-day-the-fire-department-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t leave hand sanitizer in your car on a hot day, the fire department says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>OCONOMOWOC, Wis. &#8212; Firefighters in Wisconsin sent out a reminder to everyone that it can&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmj4.com\/news\/local-news\/western-lakes-fd-warns-dangers-of-leaving-hand-sanitizer-in-car-during-warm-temperatures\">be potentially dangerous<\/a>&nbsp;to leave clear plastic water bottles or hand sanitizer in your car if they&#8217;re exposed to direct sunlight during hot temperatures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-blue-color\">&#8220;By its nature, most hand sanitizer is alcohol-based and therefore flammable. Keeping it in your car during hot weather, exposing it to the sun causing magnification of light through the bottle, and particularly being next to the open flame while smoking in vehicles or grilling while enjoying this weekend can lead to disaster,&#8221; wrote the Western Lakes Fire District on Facebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A picture shared by the department shows a smoldering driver&#8217;s side door. It&#8217;s a message of caution that these sorts of accidents can happen, and a reminder as summer approaches to be careful of these sorts of things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"876\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/vinrade.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/car-door-burned-876x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vinrade.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/car-door-burned-876x1024.jpg 876w, https:\/\/vinrade.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/car-door-burned-257x300.jpg 257w, https:\/\/vinrade.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/car-door-burned-768x898.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vinrade.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/car-door-burned.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 876px) 100vw, 876px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>More insight about the possibilities of fires starting in your car during warm weather can be found at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nciaai.com\/conferences\/documents\/2016-conference-class-materials\/116-13-2003-2007vehiclefiretrends\/file?fbclid=IwAR1UIa7jHnpA7BC9u1_-rHg1V6w5NFf-36iX8oO0atBwzOudrMqSVYVKavg\">this link from the National Fire Protection Association.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This story was originally published by James Groh at WTMJ.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OCONOMOWOC, Wis. &#8212; Firefighters in Wisconsin sent out a reminder to everyone that it can&nbsp;be potentially dangerous&nbsp;to leave clear plastic water bottles or hand sanitizer in your car if they&#8217;re exposed to direct sunlight during hot temperatures. &#8220;By its nature, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/vinrade.com\/blogs\/dont-leave-hand-sanitizer-in-your-car-on-a-hot-day-the-fire-department-says\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[61,62,63],"class_list":["post-197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-covid-news","tag-covid19","tag-hand-sanitizer","tag-safety"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vinrade.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vinrade.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vinrade.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vinrade.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vinrade.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vinrade.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":200,"href":"https:\/\/vinrade.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197\/revisions\/200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vinrade.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vinrade.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vinrade.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}