“the limo was not involved in an accident prior to catching on fire”
Weird, so then why not just exit the car?
What an awful way to go. Gotta wonder what caused this. My first thought was if maybe any of the women were older and/or had a respiratory condition that required an oxygen tank. A seniors bus caught fire a couple years ago that way.
Either way, RIP to all the victims here. What an awful fate!
News reports say the 10 people were all woman believed to all be in their 30’s. The fire started in the rear of the car, the driver immediately pulled over and then the entire rear of the car burst into flames.
As unlikely as it may be, the first thing that came to *my* mind was freebasing cocaine using ether rather than ammonia.
Ask Richard Pryor about that. Nevermind, he’s dead.
Looking at the one photo here, well, there is definitely an accelerant involved, and gasoline is usually VERY well contained.
I don’t understand how the passengers could be trapped inside.
As horrible as this is, it proves limos should not have more than seven women in at once...
High capacity vehicles are built for one purpose -— to kill as many people as possible!
yikes!
yikes!
Apparently — to be successful — an incendiary bomb need not scatter car parts over half a county...
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A limousine heading to a bachelorette party burst into flames in the San Francisco area, killing five female passengers, including the bride-to-be, while four other women managed to escape, according to the mother of one of the survivors.
Absolutely HORRIBLE..and this woman was about to be married..my condolences to everyone involved
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The coroner on the case is telling a harrowing tale of the fire and desperate attempt to get out of the limo
San Mateo County Coroner Robert Foucrault NBC Bay Area’s Diane Dwyer that the scene last night was the worst he’s witnessed after 20 years on the job.
He said it was obvious to him that the women were trying to get out of the vehicle and were overcome by smoke. “My understanding is that three passengers got out the side back door on the drivers side, and one made it out the passenger compartment window successfully - to the driver’s compartment,” Fourcrault said.
Fourcrault said passengers alerted the driver that there was smoke in the passenger compartment so he pulled over, got out and discovered that the back passenger side of the limo was fully engulfed in flames.
The coroner said three of the women made it out the back door on the driver’s side. One made it through the divider into the driver’s area.
The remaining women did not survive and were found near the front of the passenger compartment as if they were trying to get to the driver’s area through the privacy divider. The coroner’s office plans to use dental records Monday to positively identify the victims.