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Old March 14th 05, 11:06 AM posted to uk.transport.london
[email protected] kajr@mwfree.net is offline
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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.

Kevin