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Metal melted out of a car (npr.brightspotcdn.com)
submitted 19 hours ago by kersploosh@sh.itjust.works to c/interestingasfuck@lemmy.world
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The shiny puddles look like some low-temp metal melted and oozed out of the car as it burned. I wonder what part(s) melted, and what type of metal it is?

The picture is from a NPR piece about the current Los Angeles wildfires: https://www.npr.org/sections/the-picture-show/2025/01/09/g-s1-41784/los-angeles-fire-photos

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[โ€“] seathru@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

Magnesium alloy subframe, suspension, and wheels are also fairly common in modern cars.

[โ€“] fahfahfahfah@lemmy.billiam.net 19 points 19 hours ago

FWIW the magnesium would burn rather than melt probably