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

  • RubberElectrons@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    Haven’t tried it. Strange, the boiling point of butane is -3°C, so that has to be a lot of butane to delay boil-off for that long.