FIRE IN VEHICLE CAUSED BY AN APPARENT SHORT IN REAR CIGARETTE LIGHTER WHILE ON A LONG DISTANCE TRIP FROM NEW JERSEY TO NEWFOUNDLAND ON JULY 25, 2011, WE HAD A FIRE IN OUR 2009 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY MINIVAN THAT STARTED IN AND AROUND THE REAR CIGARETTE LIGHTER. THE WIRES BELOW THE CARPET IGNITED CAUSING A PORTION OF THE CARPET TO GET BURNED AND CAUSING A MAJOR PANIC AMONGST MY 3 CHILDREN WHO WERE ALL SEATED IN THE BACK. THERE WAS NOTHING PLUGGED INTO THE LIGHTER WHEN THE FIRE STARTED. *KB