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Water pilot
Oops. Yeah, that was a mistake. But what happened in that case is that the sprayed fuel was heated by the fire to the point that much of it was at a temperature near flashpoint, and to vaporize at least some of it . . . and more was heated and vaporized (and some probably aerosolized) when the first batch flashed, and on and on, very rapidly.
Let me see . . .
. You can ignore Hendry's analysis and argument about TWA 800 (he's one of the "missile did it" gang), but even though the video is bad, the demonstration of Jet A volatility is useful.