The fact that it's sitting on the back end of the car gives some credence to the speculation that the door was hit from inside with the car backing out. I haven't seen the door, or pieces of it, in any picture but I suspect the firemen pulled it out of their way as soon as they got there.
Good point.
Tin Foil hat NOT on:
1) Victim pulls in night before and hits something that punctures radiator.
2) Per muawiyah’s theory, hot liquid coolant sprays through the punctures and starts to create a vapor which mixes with cold air all night, concentrating in the very small one car garage.
3) Being a young attractive woman she has the habit of getting in her car and starting it immediately before she pushes the garage door opener. Just to be safe. To prevent car-jacking, common in DC.
4) However, this time a glycol vapor/air mixture has reached the critical 3.2 percent ratio. She starts her car, the garage bursts into flames in the few seconds it takes for the cat convertor to heat to 231 degrees Fahrenheit.
5) She panicks and throws the car into reverse and smashes into the door, knocking herself unconscious, and the car comes to rest partially out of the garage.
6) The fire rages until the trucks put it out.
My eyes see a view from the right backseat passenger window towards the front driver's side. I see a shape which could be a partial view of someone’s head & shoulders. It appears to be in an upright position. IOW, a normal position for someone behind the wheel of a car, but not for the tragic circumstance.
If that is the case, perhaps she did not have time to react.