Why some cars catch fire during snow storms

With all that heavy wet snow that fell this week, hundreds of cars quickly got stuck during and after the storm.
We first showed you Tuesday several cars left running in the snow actually caught fire.
We wanted to know what causes this and how to prevent it, so we asked the experts.
Melted plastic, charred seats and the smell of smoke — that’s all that’s left of one of several cars in our area that burned up during this week’s big storm.
“The amount, the sheer amoun