FIRE!!!!

mattsmith95 · Traffic Copper Joined: 03 Oct 2004 Karma :

This evening coming home saw something really out of the ordinary.

Came up to the OVAL tube station junction, a few cars ahead of me
and we are stopped at the lights. Lights went green, no movement,
lights went red. I filtered up to the head of the queue to see this
scooter in the middle of the junction ON FIRE.

I didn't see what make and model and I didn't have a camera but
the fire was coming from the front of the scooter. All the traffic was
at a standstill till the police arrived and put out the fire with a very
small extinguisher.

Now I've been riding bikes for over 20 years, I thought I had seen
it all.

The owner of the scooter was just an ordinary commuter on his way
home after a hard day at the office, kind of felt sorry for him.

8316 · Could Be A Chat Bot Joined: 08 Jul 2004 Karma :

a couple of years ago, i saw a scooter erupt into flames on a main road. it was a gilera runner, and it was a sight. the man was devastated, it wasn't his, and it just burnt out completely. sad to see really Crying or Very sad

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JonB · Afraid of Mileage Joined: 03 Jun 2004 Karma :

This is completely Off Topic, but why do all of your posts not fill the space up?

They are really not very wide at all. Confused

ON topic, seems strange, why would a scooter catch on fire?
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Marc_Buck · Could Be A Chat Bot Joined: 31 May 2004 Karma :

Being at the front end it was probably an electrical fire. Cant really think of why else the front would be on fire.
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tatters · Exxon Valdez Joined: 04 Jan 2004 Karma :

surpose the "fire" in TPFT would cover that sort of thing, had a little fire on my VFR when the regulator cooked it,s self
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mattsmith95 · Traffic Copper Joined: 03 Oct 2004 Karma :

I'm an Idiot, I forgot to mention that the scooter had been
involved in an accident with a car.

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