Very interesting philosophical remarks Agaricus bisporus.
Another wild hypothesis : and if both were right ? like a fuel leak (yet undedected by the on board sensors ?) ignited by the PC during the t/o roll and then hitting the metal strip that then caused the tire blow and subsequent tank failure and massive fire distructing the structure ?
All your witnesses and evidence would then be correct would 'it ?
I am not saying that this is what hapenned,( not even sure it is possible ) I am just fitting a scenario to satisfy most (questionable /contradictive/ not sustained by material evidence ,etc) witness reports. This is not scientific but it is what police do all the time.
There are maybe more such scenari.