Meanwhile, Nausha said, winds continued to act erratically — spreading the fire east, west and north.

Witnesses said Neely was acting erratically in the moments leading up to his death but had not threatened anyone on the train.

He would strike 'knuckleballs', where rather than the ball spiralling through the air cleanly, it would wobble erratically.

The father-of-two was under the influence of drugs, carrying a knife and behaving erratically when members of the public first contacted the police.

Police were called when the woman, who was not a guest at the motel, began acting erratically and locked herself into a motel room.