Originally Posted by
KRH270/12
All the fuss about running engines....
The massive shower of sparks from the tail scrapping over the tarmac ignited the fuel vapor
And the massive airflow from the running engines allowed perfect atomisation of the fuel burning at a much higher rate and with much more heat generated than a burning puddle on the tamac, once the aircraft came to a standstil !
This turned the fire into a massive blowtorch.