In message , "Dave Plowman (News)"
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In article ,
Mogweed wrote:
Mythbusters proved it was impossible to get a mobile phone to ignite a
fire on a petrol station forecourt.

The sort of battery used on a mobile phone is capable of producing very
high current for a short time. *If* it was shorted through dropping etc it
could easily produce a spark enough to ignite petrol vapour.

But then, so could the static spark when you touch the car

Having lived in a country where petrol attendants are more likely than
not to be smoking a cigarette while filling your car, and have never
ever heard of an explosion caused by any of the above, I'm somewhat
sceptical

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geoff