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

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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.

In fact, cars DO catch fire in collisions - 1,200 cases in 2001 in the
UK (a 7% increase over 2000) according to stats released by the Deputy
PM's office.

Of course, the appalling rate of car accidents, injuries and fatalities
gets very little publicity compared with even a minor problem on public
transport.

--
Paul Terry

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.

Kevin

That doesn't have to have anything to do with the bus. It might very
well have been the car catching fire, and then the fire spreading to the
bus. A very likely thing to happen actually.

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Lars Elmvang
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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.
--
Paul C


Admits to working for London Underground!

Paul Corfield wrote:
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.

Tonight's Standard (yes, I know, not the most reliable source) talks
about a minor collision that might have occurred. Curiously, none of
the original news reports that I have seen mentioned a collision, so it
sounds as if it was very minor. The Standard also suggests that the
fire suppression system in the engine compartment, installed last year
after the major fires on bendy buses, failed to work.
--
Richard J.
(to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address)

Richard J. wrote:
Tonight's Standard (yes, I know, not the most reliable source) talks



Also reported in the register:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/03...uses_reattack/