Leaving alcohol-based hand sanitizers in a car may make them less effective, but it won't start a fire in your vehicle. Claims of that are false.
The claim: Hot cars can cause alcohol-based hand sanitizers to igniteAs summer arises and the coronavirus pandemic continues, concerns about the flammability of alcohol-based hand sanitizers are flooding the internet.
Western Lakes Fire District in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, fueled the online confusion when it posted a similar claim and identical photo on May 21. Story continuesNFPA video does not warn of hand sanitizer car fires“Using a hand sanitizer is a suitable alternative to hand-washing when protecting yourself from things like COVID-19 and that’s way more important than worrying about your hands spontaneously combusting,” NFPA staff writer Angelo Verzoni said in the video.
WLFD removes post and clarifiesWLFD later removed the warning and posted a statement apologizing for the confusion and clarifying that the image was not its own. NFPA says alcohol-based hand sanitizer car fires are not a severe threatOn May 22, NFPA published another video to debunk alcohol-based hand sanitizer car fire claims.
Colonna stressed that because most ABHS containers are small, extreme heat is more likely to burn away the alcohol and make the containers leak than ignite a fire.
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