WHILE STARTING VEHICLE, IT EXPLODED AND CAUGHT ON FIRE. HAD A RECALL DONE ON JAN 1998 FOR ENGINE BACKFIRE, DEALER CONTACTED . *AK ORIGINAL RECALL NHTSA CAMPAIGN #96V116000. KENTUCKY BASIC FIRE INCIDENT REPORT STATED THAT FIRE POSSIBLY STARTED AROUND THE INJECTOR AREA OF THE ENGINE. CONSUMER STATES THAT GM WOULD NOT ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR FIRE AND THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. *TT