# Mango microwave fire

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mango-microwave-fire/396215>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 16, 2007, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mango-microwave-fire/396215 "2007-03-16T16:29:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![gerb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3bc359/32.png) [@gerb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gerb)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mango-microwave-fire/396215/1 "2007-03-16T16:29:00Z")

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A good friend of mine tried to microwave some mango pieces for his toddler.  
He put them in the nuker for 10 seconds to take the chill off. They promptly caught  
fire. I found this hard to believe but he is a stickler for accuracy and is not know to exaggerate especially were fire in the home is concerned. Is this a property inherent  
in mangoes or is this a hardware malfunction? Anyone heard of this before

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**Author:** ![essell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/34f0e0/32.png) [@essell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/essell)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mango-microwave-fire/396215/2 "2007-03-16T16:35:01Z")

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Did the mango have any metal in it?

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**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mango-microwave-fire/396215/3 "2007-03-16T16:41:38Z")

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Many fruits will do this. Grapes are a favorite:  
[Why do grapes spark in the microwave?](http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/dec97/882909591.Ph.r.html)  
[Grape Microwave Plasma Video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCNNqgKqnaQ)

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mango-microwave-fire/396215/4 "2007-03-16T16:44:43Z")

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I’ve never heard of mangos doing anything interesting in a microwave before, but I do know that can grapes make an interesting show so I’m not terribly surprised.

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**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mango-microwave-fire/396215/5 "2007-03-16T16:48:03Z")

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I don’t know why but this caught me just right and I laughed my head off. I’m sorry I shouldn’t laugh at your friend’s misfortune but I never even heard of this. I eat mangoes all the time and I could totally see myself doing this. Bwahahaha.

_wipes tears from eyes_