Exploding BiC Lighter Cracks Windshield
Channel: Peter H. Rosen
Date: 2011-07-12

Inadvertently I left a lighter on the dashboard right by the front windshield.  I had the windows shut and it must have been an unusually hot day as that lighter has been there for a long time!  I had forgotten about it completely. It was covered by some papers, and still the gas expanded to beyond the breaking point of its plastic capsule. Lucky for me I wasn't in the car at the time. Judging by what happened to the window and the sharp plastic shards that must have shot out, I could have been blinded or worse!  Lucky me! Counting my blessings!