Cue references to that old Arthur C. Clarke story

[james_davis_nicoll]

A new London skyscraper dubbed the "Walkie Talkie" has been blamed for reflecting light which melted parts of a car parked on a nearby street.

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[xiphias.livejournal.com]

He did the Battersea Power Plant on the Thames. That's not an active volcano, but it seems like the sort of thing that could be useful to a mad scientist.