Overview
- Emergency services responded after a sudden internal explosion inside an SUV at a washing bay on Blaubeurer Straße in Ulm, and a 64-year-old man was taken to hospital on Friday.
- Police say the man had used a pressurised spray can to clean the interior and that the can and others had been kept in the hot car, which likely caused the overpressure blast when one was used.
- The blast did not trigger a fire but caused major damage: airbags deployed, the windshield cracked, several doors were forced out of their fittings, and the vehicle was no longer drivable and was towed.
- Firefighters and police secured the scene, and officers are now searching and inspecting the vehicle to confirm the exact sequence of events and the definitive cause of the explosion.
- Authorities and safety experts warn that storing pressurised cans in hot, closed vehicles can raise the risk of detonation and urge people to avoid keeping such aerosols inside cars and to follow product warnings.