A woman in Missouri has discovered why you don’t keep aerosol cans your car.
According to Christine Debrecht, her daughter kept a can of dry shampoo in the center console on her Honda Civic. It remains unclear how long the can was in her car, but temperatures climbed to approximately 90° (32.2 C°) last week and this caused the can to explode in a rocket-like fashion.
As you can see in photos posted to Facebook, the can cracked the center console and blew the lid clean off its hinges. The can then shot through the sunroof and reportedly landed 50 feet (15 meters) away.
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While most people know better, Debrecht said she posted to story to remind everyone to pay attention to product warning labels and not to keep aerosol cans, especially dry shampoo, in your car.
That’s good advice, but Debrecht told KSDK she wasn’t entirely sure what happened at first. As she explained, “We thought something fell down from the sky, but the glass was going out so we know that wasn’t the case.”
The station also pointed out most aerosol cans have warnings telling users not to store them in places where temperatures can exceed 120° F (48.9° C). While outside temperatures rarely get that hot in Missouri, PETA recently noted temperatures inside a car can climb to 109° F (42.8° C) in less than 10 minutes on a 90° F (32.2° C) day.
As for the car, it’s currently getting repaired and the damages will be covered by insurance.
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