Chp Still Waiting to Inspect Limo Damaged in Fire on San Mateo Bridge

DEADLY SAN BRUNO BLAST.NEXT. NOW ON KRON FOUR: THE LIMOUSINE DRIVER SPEAKS. WHAT HAPPENED ON THE SAN MATEO BRIDGE. MINUTES BEFORE A DEADLY CAR FIRE KILLED A NEWLYWED AND FOUR FEMALE US WHAT HE THINKS HAPPENED. AND WHAT THE LEGISLATURE NEEDS TO DO ABOUT IT. I'M PAM MOORE. NOW AT FIVE, EVERYBODY WAS JOYOUS. BEAUTIFUL LADIES BEAUTIFUL OCCASION. A BACHELORETTE PARTY ENDS IN HORRIFIC DEATH. THEIR LINCOLN TOWN CAR SUDDENLY BURSTS INTO FLAMES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SPAN FIVE WOMEN DIE IN THE FLAMES. FOUR OTHERS BARELY ESCAPE. (SIGH) THE MAN AT THE WHEEL TALKS ABOUT THE PROBABLE CAUSE. >>"I SMELLED CARPET, I SMELLED WIRING, I SMELLED PLASTIC. TO ME, IN MY OPINION, IT PROBABLY WAS ELECTRICAL. DRIVER. ORVILLE BROWN TALKING ABOUT SATURDAY'S TRAGEDY. DESPITE THE OBVIOUS STRESS FROM THE EXPERIENCE. CATHERINE HEENAN IS HERE WITH MORE ON HIS REMARKABLE STORY. CATHERINE? >> CATHERINE: ORVILLE BROWN SAYS HE PICKED UP HIS NINE PASSENGERS IN ALAMEDA AND WAS DRIVING THEM TO A PARTY IN FOSTER CITY. HE SAYS THERE WAS NO SIGN OF TROUBLE UNTIL THE TRIP WAS ALMOST OVER. BROWN SAYS THE FIRE BROKE OUT JUST A FEW MINUTES BEFORE HE WAS DUE TO REACH HIS DESTINATION. HAPPENED. >> I SMELLED SMOKE I LOOKED BACK AND I'D JUST RATHER GRIEF AND ANGUISH ON HER FACE AND THEN I STARTED SEEING SMOKE. WE PULLED OVER. IT WAS FRUSTRATING AND SCARY. THERE WAS NOWHERE TO GO OVER SO WE WERE IN THE LANE AND I WAS LOOKING BACK TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING WAS SAFE. AS SOON AS I PULLED OVER, ONE OF THE LADY'S HOUSE THROUGH THE PARTITIONS. ONE CAR IN AND ONE K TRIED TO HELP. AS I SEE THE LADIES COMING THROUGH THE PARTITION, AND TRY TO USE THE PHONE WHICH I CAN'T. BY THIS TIME, SOMEONE HAD OPENED UP THE REAR DOOR. THE LIMO WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES AND REPAIR--RARE. THE LABEL STUCK AND I PULLED HER OUT. ANOTHER GOT OUT--LADY. IT WAS A TERRIFIC. --HORRIFIC. COMING UP ON KRON FOUR NEWS >> CATHERINE: AT FIVE=THIRTY, ORVILLE BROWN DESCRIBES HIS FRUSTRATION IN TRYING TO GET THROUGH TO A 9=1=1 OPERATOR, AND WHAT HE THINKS LEGISLATORS SHOULD DO TO PREVENT FUTURE TRAGEDIES. >> PAM:THIS IS A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE THE DEADLY LIMO FIRE. 31- YEAR- OLD NERIZA FOJAS. ACCORDING TO PUBLISHED REPORTS -- SHE AND HER PLANNING TO TRAVEL TO HER ANOTHER CEREMONY. WHAT CAUSED THE TRAGIC ACCIDENT IS NOW THE FOCUS OF TO WORK QUICKLY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WENT WRONG. >> I'D LIKE TO OFFER OUR HEART FELT CONDOLENCES. VICTIMS. AUTHORITIES SAY THERE WILL BE MANY DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF THEIR INVESTIGATION. ONE >> OUR ACTIONS CANNOT CHANGE THE COURSE OF EVENTS OF THIS TRAGEDY. > >> THERE FOUND AND BETWEEN THE PARTITION AND THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT AND THE DRIVER COMPARTMENT. YOU COULD PROBABLY ALSO SAY THEY TRY TO GET OUT AS WELL. PART WILL FOCUS ON THE VEHICLE ITSELF. THAT YOU CAN HERE IN THIS YOU TUBE VIDEO. QUESTIONS SUCH AS WERE THE DOORS OF THE LIMO WORKING? WAS THE GAS TANK PUNCTURED? >> I CAN'T SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO THE CONDITION OF THE VEHICLE. WE HAVE NOT CONDUCTED A INSPECTION AT THIS POINT. ANY COMMENT WOULD BE PURE SPECULATION AT THIS POINT. THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL IS IN CHARGE OF THE CASE. THEY AND OTHER EXPERTS SPOKE AT A NEWS CONFERENCE MONDAY MORNING. >> I CAN'T SPEAK ABOUT SPECULATION AT THIS POINT. FIRE INSPECTORS ARE CHIEF SAYS THEY ARE COMMITTED TO FINDING ANSWERS. TURN OF EVENTS. HAPPENED. WILL BE INSPECTED. ANSWERS. >>GRANT: NOW WE'LL BREAK THE THAT CAUGHT FIRE. THIS IS ANIMATION SHOWING ANYOU CAN SEE THE LARGE SPACE IN THE BACK OF THE LIMO IS THE PASSENDER AREA. 9 WOMEN BACK HERE. SEPERATING THE PASSENGER AREA AND THE DRIVER AREA. THE FIRE WAS IN THE BACK OF THE LIMO. FOUR WOMEN MADE IT OUT ALIVE. THE DRIVER SAYS HE PULLED ONE OR TWO OF THE SURVIRORS THROUGH THE PARTITION. WE ALSO HAVE IMAGES OF THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF AN EIGHT PASSENGER TOWN CAR LIMO FROM THE LIMOUSINE COMPANY'S WEBSITE. THERE ARE TWO REAR DOORS FOR PASSENGERS TO ENTER AND EXIT THE PASSENGER AREA.ONE ON EITHER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE NEAR THE BACK TRUNK AREA. AND INSIDE.YOU CAN SEE THE PARTITION AREA THAT THE DRIVER CAN LOWER AND RAISE ELECTRONICALLY. WERE FOUND IN THIS AREA OF THE VECICLE, NEAR THE PARTITION.PRESUMABLY TRYING TO ESCAPE THROUGH THE PARTITION. AWAY FROM THE FIRE IN THE REAR AS POSSIBLE. >> PAM:OFFICIALS WITH LIMO- STOP, THE COMPANY WHICH OWNS THE LIMO, RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING, THEY WERE DEEPLY SADDENED BY THE DEATHS AND PROMISED TO HELP WITH THE INVESTIGATION. IT READS. "LIMO-STOP INC. WILL DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO INVESTIGATE AND ASSIST AUTHORITIES IN DETERMINING THE CAUSE OF THIS FIRE. IN ORDER TO HELP BRING FORTH ANSWERS AND PROVIDE CLOSURE TO THE VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES." WE ARE LEARNING THAT MANY OF THE WOMEN ONBOARD THE LIMO WORKED IN NURSING. KRON 4'S MAUREEN KELLY WENT