THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, GOT IN AND PUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION AND TURNED THE KEY TO START THE VEHICLE, HEARD A NOISE. THEN STARTED SEEING SMOKE. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED. OWNER WAS TOLD THAT THE FIRE HAD STARTED IN THE IGNITION SWITCH COMPARTMENT, AND HAD BURNED THE WIRING HARNESS. *AK