96' Cutlass Supreme SL Caught fire....HELP!!

My Aunt has a 1996 Olds Cutlass Supreme SL golden edition and something happeded under the dash. (So I think). She was just driving and she saw a heep of smoke pooring out of the dash and thought she saw glowing flames under the dash. I looked at the car today, but everthing seemed fine. I hooked the battery up, turned the ignition on, started it, no smoke, nothing. Everything worked. The only thing, it took 3 long cranks before it steped on the gas to get it started. I think it was becasue the ECU was reset when the batery was disconected. All the wiring underneith looked fine also. I don't know what it was, but does anyone know anything about this? Is it a common problem? I was told on my 93' supreme S that there is silicon grease on some of the wires, and it sometimes smokes, (mine was on my steering colum, so IDK, Thanks! Please HELP!

Welcome to AF, if she saw flames there must be something burnt, only on site inspection can answer your question, just a wisp of smoke could come from the signal switch posssibly. If something really burned the odor would be unmistakeable.

to my best knowledge that it was probably a transistor or integrated circuit that could of smoked up. rarely it would catch fire. she must of seen the lightbulbs burn out. id take it to a repair shop or a gm certified repair center in that case.