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A fire at a Florida airport destroyed more than 3,500 rental cars
A fire that spread through a grassy area of Southwest Florida International Airport has destroyed thousands of rental cars, fire department officials said. The blaze began Friday, spanned 15 acres and originally involved only 20 cars in the grassy rental car overflow area at the airport in Fort Myers, fire department officials said. But by the time it was extinguished, the flames had destroyed more than 3,500 rental cars, a Lee County Port Authority spokesperson told CNN affiliate WINK. (www.cnn.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I doubt that this was an intentional act. More than likely it was a poor decision to use that area and not take any additional precautions. With the almost total lack of airport use, it seams that they could easily have been parked in unused hard surfaced parking areas. Live and learn. Glad it was only a financial loss.
Since the catalytic converter, parking cars on grass has always been a recipe for disaster unless you're looking for an insurance buyout.
I am not sure that rental companies don't insure themselves.
But regardless: RTFM All car manuals state not to park on grass.
But regardless: RTFM All car manuals state not to park on grass.
Yes. Self insure is the model used for one or more of the rental car giants. That’s a $75M+ asset loss on revenue generating assets. Big hit to the bottom line in a perilous time. Company employees will be impacted. Hope they have good relationships to help them through.
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Yup
Exactly ! ! ! Just follow the money . . .