I was actually just about to post this story. I read another story on the same topic and apparently "fog concealed the theif's identity."
I would be scared if that person somehow managed to get their aircraft airborne... If the worst CFIT accidents are for private pilots w/o IFR rating into IMC... I would hate to see what this person would have done.
Interestingly enough the report said that flames began shooting out of the engines. I wonder what he could have done that would have caused the engine to spontaneously erupt like that. Maybe it was done for maintenance and had no oil or broken oil pump?