Warning: Leaving bottled water in your car could start a fire

Warning: Leaving bottled water in your car could start a fire

Warning: Leaving bottled water in your car could start a fire

With overbearing heat bearing down on much of the country, this is a friendly reminder that leaving your water bottles in your car on a hot day can start a fire inside your car - if the conditions are right.

Warning: Leaving bottled water in your car could start a fire

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Warning: Leaving bottled water in your car could start a fire

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Warning: Leaving bottled water in your car could start a fire

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Warning: Leaving bottled water in your car could start a fire

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Warning: Leaving bottled water in your car could start a fire

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