Hottest, heaviest touching double star

ESO's view of the Tarantula Nebula

On October 21st, an international team of scientist reported that a star system designated VFTS - 352 has the current most hottest and massive stars touching each other. They speculate that these two stars will only lead to catastrophe, either combining into one singular massive star, or collapse into a double hole.

By using the ESO (European Southern Observatory) they were able to locate VFTS -352 at nearly 50kpc located in the Tarantula Nebula, which is then located in the Large Magnellec Cloud that can be seen in our southern hemisphere. While the distance from the center of the stars are 12 million kilometers apart, their surfaces are almost nearly touching each other. However unlike typical binary stars where the smaller planet tends to absorb the materials from its larger partner. VFTS - 352's stars are speculated to have formed at approximately the same time and that the materials to form them are being consumed by one, but instead shared by both.

The lead scientist of the projects are giving speculation what would happen to the stars. One is that they will form one giant rapidly rotating star, and thus eventually exploding to what is called as a long-duration gamma burst. The other is that they will cause a supernova and form a close-by double black hole.

Source : http://earthsky.org/space/hottest-heaviest-touching-double-star-vfts-352

Without any data about the size or angular size of the two suns, I don't believe there is a way for us to properly found out the actual distance between the two stars, unless the complete detailed report is released for us to see. And wouldn't the double black holes consume one another?