Was posted in a SoCal social media local group.
Not sure what happened (1/2025), but damage looks like automobile accident.
Is this a Lexus whose gas tank is on fire, or some other car?
(can't upload the video)

 

Must have been parked next to a Hyundai


in all honesty, where did you see it?

 

Horrible!

 

video was from a san diego highway, posted by somebody else.

 

Yep, a Lexus can catch on fire like anything else...

 

I've seen cars that get crushed a lot worse, but don't ignite like that..
The fires I usually see are older cars that overheat under the hood/engine compartment and the fire is in the front.
Can anyone guess the year and model from the pics?

 

It was hit in just the right way that ignited the fuel in the tank, it happens.

 

Let's not jump to conclusions here this isn't an EV fire. Could be a fuel line rupture, something in the trunk ignited, the other car had a fuel breach that sprayed onto the Lexus. Many possibilities.

 

‘Maybe someone shot at the fuel tank like in Thelma & Louise?

 

Its CA, you never know!

 

Sure it’s not Maryland? Ya never know….

 

His post said it was in SoCal.

 

Brake caliper lock up and light the car on fire maybe?

 

Brake caliper lock up and light the car on fire maybe? Tank is further forward

 

Looks to be a 2014-2015 IS250, or 2016 IS200t or IS300. Wrong wheels to be an IS350, and it’s prior to the 2017 refresh. My take, anyway.