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Old 1st Sep 2006, 17:28
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Originally Posted by ormus55
ive thrown lit matches into buckets of diesel (derv) and paraffin. neither set alight.
not tried petrol!
some years back I saw a Fire Officer, put a small fire out, during a demo, with diesel, I think it needs very high temps to ignite, or high compression as per in an engine
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