I thought I would put this one at the top of the list but it's a reply to harolds posting below.
Brake fluid is very flammable, all it needs is heat to ignite it, not a spart or flame.
My dad had a 1964 Ford one ton truck he bought new. One of the firts I guess to have power brakes. Well the brakes would drag once in a while and one time while we were in St. Louis picking up vegetables to resell he noticed the brakes dragging going down the interstate so we pulled off and he bled them at the mastercylinder. The brake fluid dripped down on the hot exhaust manifold and caught fire. It was small and didn't burn very long, we were lucky.
As I look back on what caused the brakes to drag is the only thing I can come up with is that there must not of been any freeplay between the Mastercylinder and the push rod coming from the brake pedal.
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