Catalytic converter car fires

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They can spark wildfires if a driver pulls off to the side of the road onto an area where there is grass or weeds. Hemet High School automotive technology teacher and a ASE- certified master automotive technician Vance Bloom talks about how a catalytic converter can spark wildfires if a driver pulls off to the side of the road onto an area where there is grass or weeds.

Hemet High School automotive technology teacher and a ASE- certified master automotive technician Vance Bloom shows a catalytic converter that can spark wildfires. People evacuated Idyllwild as the Mountain Fire threatened in July Authorities blamed the fire on an electrical equipment malfunction on private property, although the property owner disputed the conclusion.

With wildfires breaking out all over Southern California this summer, and causing massive destruction in the Cajon Pass last month , there has to be something we can do about it. Indeed, some blazes are intentionally set. However, causes have yet to be determined for many of the recent fires, officials said. And overall, arson represents only a fraction of the problem. Due to the strict laws regarding the sale and purchase of catalytic converters in Louisiana, many of the stolen parts cross state borders into Texas, where they can be purchased, melted, and resold more easily.

John Chaney, Operations Manager at Louisiana, explained. Car owners can do little to prevent theft of catalytic converters, but Tuqan said the best way to protect a car is to park it in the most closed place possible. However, increasing awareness of the issue could lead to new regulations on where professional buyers get their parts, Tugan said.

It will make it more difficult for someone who stole the converter to resell it to the store. But for those who have already been victims of the theft of catalytic converters, there are few examples of justice. Vizinat is dissatisfied with what she said as a lack of action from BRPD. She said the follow-up to the report submitted on December 23 was very slow. If the legislation is passed, scrap metal businesses could only buy catalytic converters from commercial enterprises or the owner of the vehicle from which the catalytic converter was removed.

The bill would make it a gross misdemeanor for scrap dealers to purchase or receive private metal property knowing that the property subject to the transaction is stolen. The Kitsap County Sheriff's Office says deputies have taken 44 reports of stolen catalytic converters in the past five months.

Ken Dickinson said. Describing such theft as "a common crime," Dickinson said adding restrictions on selling the stolen catalytic converters to metal scrap yards could help. Reach breaking news reporter Peiyu Lin at pei-yu. Support local journalism. Subscribe to kitsapsun. This article originally appeared on Kitsap Sun: 'It happened so fast:' Catalytic converter thieves becoming more brazen in nationwide trend.