Skating to where the puck is going

[Jakensama]

It can happen but it's pretty rare, the car has to burn for a while and the fuel/air mixture has to be just right. When I worked for Ford's product liability lawyers in college we had to do all the car fires in Texas and like 1 out of several thousand exploded, and that had been burning for some time. 99% of car fires aren't particularly impressive.

My favorite car accidents were the sudden acceleration cases, where some lovely fords just started accelerating on their own.