Isn't there some sort of automatic countermeasures system that would take care of a fire? In datacenters they use special gas to extinguish fires without damaging the computers too badly.
I still think it's odd that there where two Iranians on board with fake passports, although it could be completely unrelated (traveling under the regime's radar?). What if they just stole it? Biggest heist ever?
At least one of the guys flying on a stolen passport was vetted out as legitimate...just traveling illegally and probably with an eye toward illegal immigration (and possibly part of a human trafficking business). I remember a report that his mom was waiting for him and she was interviewed by the gobermint. The media scrutiny appears to be off those two for the time being.
