10 women, many in their 90s, escape burning limo

Updated at 11:57 a.m. ET

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. Authorities say ten elderly women escaped unharmed when the limousine they were in burst into flames while idling in Northern California.

The Sunday morning fire in Walnut Creek comes a little more than a month after five nurses were killed while trapped inside a burning limousine on the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge.

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Many of the women are in their 90s. They were headed to Sonoma to celebrate Elaine Lofchie's 90th birthday at her daughter's house.

"A memorable birthday. Bad enough that I'm 90 years old but now I have all this business to remember," said Elaine Lofchie, to KTVU.com.

"There was smoke and the ladies were coming out of the back of the car and I was telling them, 'Hurry up, hurry up,' and there was one lady I helped because she uses a walker... and then huge flames burst out of the car," said Georgette Vianni, a caregiver who was in the limo, to KTVU.com.

Vianni and the other two caregivers inside the limo along with the driver were credited with saving the women.

Fire officials say they were called to a gated community in Walnut Creek around 11:35 a.m. Sunday for a vehicle fire and quickly put out the burning 2009 Lincoln Town Car.

The blaze destroyed the vehicle, reported CBS San Francisco.

The limo owner said the fire was caused by an electrical problem.