[The Limo Fire] Why did it happen?

[Bo]

Not at all sure about the why and don't want to speculate.

This did however really give my wife and I a scare. My wife and I actually rented a 10 person limo that same night in SF for my son's birthday. We escorted he and seven of his friends for a night in the city and at one point in the evening were crossing the Golden Gate bridge alongside a white stretch limo. My son and his friends all got a kick out of our two limos crossing the bridge together. We never did see who it was in the other one but when I saw the news Sunday morning my heart sank at the possibility that this could have been the other limo we were alongside (certainly a long shot I know). I don't think it was as their location was further south than we were and there was no indication they had ever come up to the north bay.

I would imagine it to be an awful way to go and feel so badly for those affected.

[deckeda]

"One extra passenger does not make a limo burst into flames."

Quite true, and this fact, while against regulations, isn't headline-worthy.

Alcohol is an accelerant, isn't it? Maybe not the 40-proof many bottles are. At any rate, the limo would have been stocked.

I once rode in a stretch Hummer H2. It had one door in the back and you felt like you were in a submarine once inside. Took a while to enter and exit. Long and low. Some seats in the front and back, and a long row of seats on one side. The other side was all bar/fridge/TV etc.

[Bill in NC]

compromised the fuel line when the body was extended?

[3d]

Cheap tulle is an extremely flammable material used in "party" dresses. Add alcohol, panic, packed dark limo,,, maybe smoldering cigarette ash(?). Just an awful awful story

[Black]

3d wrote:
Cheap tulle is an extremely flammable material used in "party" dresses. Add alcohol, panic, packed dark limo,,, maybe smoldering cigarette ash(?). Just an awful awful story

Of course the story could be inaccurate, but supposedly the women were banging on the divider and yelling about "smoke."
That doesn't seem to fit someone's dress catching on fire suddenly.