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
I’m guessing it’s aluminium. Looks the same as what would be left over after a bonfire with my friends (we’d toss empty beer cans into it).
Yep, it melts at something like 660C, so pretty low.
Hey those cans have plastic liners so make sure you arent breathing in the smoke