(Waukegan Fire Department)WAUKEGAN, Ill. - An Illinois fire department is warning drivers not to keep hand sanitizer in their parked cars amid the coronavirus.
Authorities said a bottle with high alcohol content helped spark a fire.“The fire appeared to be caused by the owner’s small bottle of hand sanitizer that was left on the dashboard," the Waukegan Fire Department wrote on Facebook.Waukegan Fire Marshal Steven Lenzi told FOX 35 News that the driver’s bottle contained 80-percent alcohol sanitizer that was left in direct sunlight. "Hand sanitizer is much more prevalent stored in many different places in cars right now.