Hafiz Kazi burns to death in car full of propane & gasoline after breaching Travis Air Force Base

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By John Blackstone, CBS News | March 22, 2018

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- A car loaded with propane tanks ran through the main gate at Travis Air Force Base in northern California on Wednesday night. Military personnel ran up to the burning car that exploded in flame after breaching the security gates.

In video posted on an Air Force forum on Facebook, firefighters are seen attempting to put out the flames.

Law enforcement sources say the car carried propane tanks and the driver deliberately ignited the fire. He died inside the car, which drove off the road into a ditch. There are no reports of shots fired during the incident. The driver has been identified by law enforcement but not been named.

Since he ignited himself, investigators are treating this as an act of terrorism. The FBI has joined the Air Force in the investigation.

Travis Air Force Base is a main military air cargo and transport terminal on the West Coast, supporting operations across the Pacific. It's home to some 7,000 active U.S. Air Force military personnel.

The main gate at Travis was closed for 12 hours after the incident and officials say there is no known threat to the base or the community.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/travis-air-force-base-gate-possible-attack-new-details/
 
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Driver killed in fiery Travis base crash identified as Sausalito man
FBI officials say Wednesday incident has no known ‘nexus to terrorism’
By Jason Green | March 23, 2018

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TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE — A man killed in a vehicle fire at Travis Air Force base on Wednesday has been identified by the Federal Bureau of Investigation as Hafiz Kazi, 51, of Sausalito.

FBI officials said the incident has no known “nexus to terrorism.”
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A Kia van illegally entered the base on Wednesday and caught fire as it approached the gate of the base, then veered away and crashed, according to FBI Special Agent in Charge Sean Ragan.

Kazi was dead when authorities reached the wreck.
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Inside the van, investigators found five propane tanks, three plastic one-gallon gasoline cans, a gym bag with personal effects, three cellphones, and several lighters.

Authorities extracted a video from a phone and are analyzing it to try and see if it could help point to a motive.
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Ragan said investigators aren’t sure why Kazi came to the base or why he lit the van on fire. Investigators have had trouble locating family of Kazi, who was originally from India but has lived in the United States since 1993. He appeared to work as a cab driver in the past, but investigators have not determined if he was currently employed.

Multiple sources described Kazi to ABC News as a “nomad” and a “vagabond.”

“We know that the community is concerned but we can assure everyone that we are unaware of any specific threat to Travis Air Force Base and the Fairfield community,” Ragan said.

“We continue to seek the answer to the question of why this man acted in the manner he did,” he continued. “We appreciate the public’s concern and patience as we continue to follow all investigative leads in order to provide a factual basis for the events that occurred.”

About 10,000 people live and work on Travis Air Force Base 55 miles northeast of San Francisco.
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https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/03...lled-in-fiery-crash-at-travis-air-force-base/
 
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Please dont tell me this person allowed to immigrate to Murica recently.
 
Motive sought in fatal crash at Travis air base after terrorism is ruled out
By Sarah Ravani | March 25, 2018

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Sean Ragan, FBI special agent in charge, briefs reporters Friday about a fatal crash at the main gate of Travis Air Force Base on Wednesday.​


After ruling out terrorism, authorities are still in search of a motive after a man caught fire last week and crashed his minivan, stocked with propane tanks and gas canisters, at the front gate of the Travis Air Force Base, authorities said.

Hafiz Kazi, 51, of Sausalito was pronounced dead Wednesday after driving through the main gate of the base in Fairfield and crashing his minivan, said FBI Sacramento Special Agent in Charge Sean Ragan, at a news conference Friday.

“Now the question is, why?” Ragan said. “Why was he there? What led him there? And we don’t know the answers to that. So the investigation that we are doing right now is trying to piece together his life and trying to piece together what led up to this event and attempt to determine why he was there and why he had those items in his vehicle.”

Kazi emigrated from India in 1993 and lived as a legal permanent resident in the Bay Area, where he previously worked as a cabdriver, Ragan said.

So far, authorities have ruled that the incident was not religiously motivated or was an act of terror.

“The thought originally was that it was some sort of accident as it was coming to the front gate,” Ragan said.

No shots were fired in the incident.

Investigators are working “night and day” to determine a motive in the incident, Ragan said, adding that there was “nothing left in writing at the scene” that signaled Kazi’s intentions.

Several associates of Kazi’s have been identified and taken in for interviews, Ragan added.

One relative was tracked down in India for the next-of-kin notification.
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Kazi appeared to be on fire as first responders from the base pried the locked doors of his Kia minivan open, Ragan added.

Investigators uncovered five propane tanks, a gym bag with personal effects, three phones, three plastic one-gallon gas cans and several lighters.

The Solano County coroner’s office was able to identify Kazi through his fingerprints, though he was badly burned, Ragan said.
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The office is conducting an autopsy to determine the cause of his death.
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https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Hafiz-Kazi-Travis-Air-Force-base-fairfield-fire-12780227.php
 
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ok he here for a while. Its sad he not assimilate enough to the point where doing such a thing is completely incomprehensible to his own mind.
 
Weird. Whatever he was up to, it looks like his plan went up...

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in smoke.
 
I was always jealous of people getting assigned to Travis, and since nobody else got hurt, I'm kinda pro-whatever this guy did. Take that, you lucky pricks. Hope it interfered with your commute.
 
it must burn him to know he was so close to his goal

at least he won’t have to get the 3rd degree from his wife anymore
 
Hopefully this doesn't ignite any flames of toxic masculinity.
 
I just hope he didn’t die of smoke asphyxiation too quickly, and that he felt his skin crisping up and peeling away from his flesh along with internal organs boiling for a minute or two
 
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I just hope he didn’t die of smoke asphyxiation too quickly, and that he felt his skin crisping up and peeling away from his flesh along with internal organs boiling for a minute or two
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Arkain2K said:
Motive sought in fatal crash at Travis air base after terrorism is ruled out
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Maybe the grillmaster was late for the annual airbase bbq?

Edit. Why is this typing like a haiku..​
 
This seems like too big a fail even for a failed terrorist attack

I’m gonna go with mentally challenged individual with misplaced blame on someone/something at the base for a past issue, who just happens to from India with a Muslim sounding name

Bookies, what kind of odds can I get on this?
 
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