scorching sun just to buy one. For car owners, it’s very common to leave a water bottle inside the vehicle, often on the dashboard or next to the driver’s seat.In an experiment conducted by Dioni Amuchastegui, an electrical engineer in Idaho (USA), it was shown that a water bottle can refract sunlight and generate heat exceeding 100°C. When placed on a dark surface—such as a car seat—the concentrated heat could ignite a fire and cause a disaster.
In fact, for a bottle of water to start a fire inside a car, several conditions must be met. Yet that doesn’t mean it cannot happen. Amuchastegui himself nearly experienced such an incident, which prompted him to conduct the experiment as a public warning.
If the weather is mild, leaving water in the car is not an issue. But when your vehicle is parked
