How To Light A Fire With A Car And Corn Sticks

Tim O'Neill's rally school instructor, Wyatt Knox, released a video showing how a car can help light a fire.

• According to him, the simplest thing is to use a regular cigarette lighter, the heating of which is enough to set fire to dry foliage. However, not all modern cars have a cigarette lighter, or it may be lost.
• In this case, there is another way: to ignite the grass with electricity. This will require "crocodiles", which are usually used to "light" cars with dead batteries, and some small metal part (for example, a paper clip). Knox suggests closing the electrical circuit from the car battery to a paper clip, and in this case, the paper clip turns into a heating element. You just need to put dry grass and leaves on it in advance.

• If dry fuel is not at hand, Knox suggests draining some gasoline, but warns that this should only be done as a last resort. And from the unobvious improvised materials for ignition, he mentions … corn sticks or corn chips. According to him, they burn for quite a long time and are well suited for the role of an impromptu torch, with which you can warm up and light damp wood chips or foliage.

Both ways to light a fire are clearly shown in the video below. He's in English, but even without knowing the language, it's clear what Knox is doing.