1970 Rally dash

If you had seen the OEM plastic a-body bezels with rings melted around that hole you wouldn't have put a lighter there. I can't say it was drunk passengers or what condition caused it but it did happen more often than you would imagine.
Get this... Back in high school a classmate had a very nice Mach 1 Mustang. His younger sister got a bad attitude because he wouldn't drive her to the skating ring. She got in his car and melted little circles in the console, dash, etc... while he was napping (he worked night shift).
My tip, If you don't need a lighter in the car, delete it.