Interesting start to the day: there's a car on fire right outside my office

It’s blazing away merrily. Of course there’s traffic mayhem in the surrounding streets. I can hear the approaching sirens, so the fire brigade is on its way.

Keep the windows closed. Did it belong to anyone in your office?

I doubt it. Nobody in my office drives to work.

Anyway, the fire’s out now. And the car’s been towed away. The excitement is over for the morning.

that was quick.

i do hope no one was in it at the time.

There were no signs of a driver. He was probably on the footpath somewhere, watching in horror as his car went up in flames. And no ambulances, so I presume no injuries.

Why, just the other day we were driving down the highway, when we noticed that a motorcycle was on fire in the lane next to us. The rider was beating it out with a jacket and pulling over and all seemed to be mostly under control.

You know. Considering.

That used to happen a lot back when I worked on MLK. They were usually stolen - joyride cars. Good way to get rid of fingerprints and DNA.

A reason to wear leather pants I didn’t think of.

Could you tell what kind of car it was?

I love a good car-becue, except when I get stuck in the ensuing traffic jam.

I don’t know anything about cars, so I have no idea. But the car itself was still recognisable, so yes, its model could have been identified.

Never seen a car on fire, but I do remember one time driving down the road and seeing a driver on fire - she jumped out of the car with a burning t-shirt. had dropped a cigarette onto a cotton shirt while driving.