A woman died after she was set on fire aboard the New York City subway on an F train in Brooklyn, police say.

I’ve been trying to find out more about this because the story doesn’t make any sense:

“he approached the sleeping woman, and then lit her on fire with what was believed to be a lighter. She added the victim’s clothes became fully engulfed in a matter of seconds.”

Clothing shouldn’t just be flammable like that without some kind of accelerant.

https://www.cpsc.gov/Regulations-Laws--Standards/Statutes/Flammable-Fabrics-Act

  • cley_faye@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    but butane gasifies within 30s max

    This leaves plenty of time to splash someone and light it while still qualifying “instant”.

    • RubberElectrons@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      Sure. It’d have to be a lot though, just used to it boiling off very rapidly at anything above freezing temperatures.

      Looking at the weather in NYC, it is below freezing right now, so maybe it really was butane, as the boiling point is around -1°C/30°F…

      Regardless, this is fucked up.