Wildfire spurs evacuation of B.C. music festival
www.winnipegfreepress.com
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – Organizers touted it as the “hottest music festival” of the summer, but attendees at the Under the Stars event near Princeton, B.C., this weekend likely didn’t...
  • liara@lemm.eeEnglish
    5·
    11 months ago

    Princeton RCMP said a quartet were riding ATVs near Coalmont Sunday evening when one of the vehicles caught fire, and flames rapidly spread near the viallage. [sic]

    I feel like ATVs don’t just catch on fire or is it just me? Seems more likely the brush ignited due to exhaust pipes or something

    • snoonsEnglish
      3·
      11 months ago

      I would guess so as well, considering most people (myself included until a few years ago) are unaware that combustion engines create so much heat that can easily happen in the right conditions.

    • rab
      1·
      11 months ago

      I mean it’s not out of the realm of possibility. Is a combustion engine

      • liara@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        11 months ago

        Other articles say it malfunctioned, so it may be closer to the truth. I just find the use of passive tone was a bit eyebrow raising because it removed accountability from the ATV driver