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* In ''[[Tomorrow When the War Began]]'', a petrol tanker is used to blow up the bridge into town.
* In ''[[Everworld]]'', a boat is simply lit afire and rammed into a wooden dam on the Nile.
* In [[Michael Crichton]]'s ''Prey'', one of the characters rigs an ATV this way to blow up the wild swarms' nest.
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== Video Games ==
* Actually a recommended strategy for some ''[[Grand Theft Auto]]'' missions, if I recall correctly.
* Demolition Trucks from the ''[[Command
* ''[[Age of Empires III]]'' with the Fire Junk of the Chinese.
* ''[[Command
* A variation appears in ''[[Call of Duty]]: World At War'', where your squad encounters a truck with fuel barrels in it, at the top of a hill, facing an enemy encampment. Rather than lighting the whole thing on fire, you puncture one of the barrels while a squadmate puts the truck in neutral and lets it careen downhill, and then ignites the ''fuel trail'' instead.
* Useable to great effect in ''[[Just Cause (video game)|Just Cause 2]]''. [[Every Car Is a Pinto]] + speed + instant parachute = fun!
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