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Old March 14th 05, 04:31 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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On 14 Mar 2005 03:06:54 -0800, wrote:


Paul Corfield wrote:


This incident was caused by a car driving into the engine thus
causing
the fire. The fire was contained within the engine compartment and
did
not engulf the whole vehicle.

Why does a car driving into the engine compartment cause a fire. Seems
like a design fault. Cars drive into each other all the time and don't
catch fire and they have fuel that is far more combustable than a bus.

I was simply repeating what I'd read elsewhere. I'm not an expert on
the relative combustion risks of cars vs buses.
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Paul C


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