i can't stop thinking about the limo fire in SF

[wannabe]

you've heard about this, right?  9 women out for a bachelorette shindig in a limo, crossing a bridge in san francisco when the limo bursts into flames.  the driver and 4 of the women manage to get out, but the remaining 5 are trapped inside and die in the flames.  one if them is the bride.

it just makes me so damn sad.

[Deleted]

I didn't hear about this and that is so terrible. What caused the fire?

[Deleted]

I read about that this morning, that's such a tragedy. I can't imagine.

[wannabe]

they don't know what caused it yet.

[sailorgray]

It's so, so terrible. It was supposed to be a happy time : (

[fuckyourcouch]

i just read about that. it's so sad

[Gato]

: (  Those poor women.

[Yankees21]

I hadn't heard about that, how horrible

[angelaa73]

Ugh. How horrifying.

sent from my posse's on broadway

[cleo29]

ugh, it is so awful. I am guessing the four were seated near the doors.

[karmasabiotch]

I read about that over the weekend. It's so awful.

[Deleted]

OMG No i didn't hear about that. That is just awful... how tragic.  I cannot even put into words how awful that is.  Those poor people... that poor groom

[papie]

I read about it in the paper this morning. How horrible for everyone involved.

[bcv513]

I saw that this morning. It's so awful and sickening. I keep thinking about the poor groom

[cc]

I read about it this morning. How awful and sad.

[wannabe]

now it makes me think of the teen heading off to prom last week in a big ass bus full of almost 40 people.

*gulp*

[falada45]

May 6, 2013 12:43:09 GMT -5 cleo29 said:

ugh, it is so awful. I am guessing the four were seated near the doors.

The article I read said at least one of the women who survived had crawled through the divider into the driver's seat and exited that way.

In Kansas City this weekend there was also a woman who was killed at her friend's bachelorette party. She fell through the emergency door on a party bus and was struck by multiple vehicles. She apparently had a 3-month-old and this was one of her first nights out since she given birth.

[ralphlauren]

how heartbreaking

[Deleted]

OMG how awful!

[vampsterdam]

Yeah, I was thinking about this all morning. So tragic.

The driver said people were yelling there was smoke so he pulled over. It only took about 90 seconds for the entire limo to be engulfed by the flame

[emsumm]

Yeah, that is pretty horrifying :/

[Deleted]

So, so sad.

[Deleted]

I'm on that bridge nearly every day (it's actually about 30-40 miles south of SF, FWIW) and I didn't hear about this until I read my FB feed a bit ago. Horrible stuff!! Heartbreaking. I feel so badly for the families.

[cleo29]

May 6, 2013 12:56:05 GMT -5 @booby said:

this is the part that haunts:

By the time firefighters rushed to the scene and put out the fire, authorities found five badly burned bodies huddled near the partition that separates the driver from the passengers

i mean, i just don't understand. maybe the doors/exits were impossible to locate? how did one girl squeeze through the partition successfully and no one else made it? it's just crazy how quickly a fire can take over.

I wonder if they couldn't get the doors unlocked and so some had climbed out through the divider, as stated, but not all could make it. This is a terrifying way to die.

[starlily]

I've been reading about it all morning. It's such a terrible story.

[wannabe]

May 6, 2013 13:17:20 GMT -5 starlily said:

I've been reading about it all morning. It's such a terrible story.

i'm on board with your tweet earlier about the comments posted online about this story.  i swear, people are such assholes.

[cleo29]

May 6, 2013 13:20:28 GMT -5 wannabe said:

May 6, 2013 13:17:20 GMT -5 starlily said:

I've been reading about it all morning. It's such a terrible story.

i'm on board with your tweet earlier about the comments posted online about this story.  i swear, people are such assholes.

What comments?

[8675309]

This story and the story about the mother of a 3 month old break my fricken heart. I cannot even imagine.

[wannabe]

you know how online newspaper articles allow for comments from readers? yeah.

[starlily]

May 6, 2013 13:13:55 GMT -5 cleo29 said:

May 6, 2013 12:56:05 GMT -5 @booby said:

this is the part that haunts:

By the time firefighters rushed to the scene and put out the fire, authorities found five badly burned bodies huddled near the partition that separates the driver from the passengers

i mean, i just don't understand. maybe the doors/exits were impossible to locate? how did one girl squeeze through the partition successfully and no one else made it? it's just crazy how quickly a fire can take over.

I wonder if they couldn't get the doors unlocked and so some had climbed out through the divider, as stated, but not all could make it. This is a terrifying way to die.

Based on the reports regarding the location and speed of the fire, I really think there just wasn't enough time to open the rear doors - either that the smoke was already too heavy to see the handles, or that the doors were already too hot/engulfed.

I can't imagine being the husband, waiting at the hotel, and wondering why all the ladies were late. Ugh.