From: stephen@sprunk.org   
      
   On 21-May-14 12:57, Charles Ellson wrote:   
   > On Wed, 21 May 2014 12:32:36 -0500, Stephen Sprunk   
   >  wrote:   
   >> I know diesel is close to non-flammable (you can actually use it to   
   >> put _out_ a fire), but gasoline and kerosene are highly flammable;   
   >>   
   > Kerosene/paraffin is not generally highly flammable (but the name   
   > covers a range of distillates with flashpoints from c.37-65deg C);   
   > you can usually do the same trick of throwing a lighted match into it   
   > as you can with diesel to demonstrate that it stops the match   
   > burning. Like diesel, it is when vapourised or in a mist that it   
   > becomes dangerous.   
      
   I was thinking of the jet fuel variety, which is nearly as volatile as,   
   and therefore as dangerous as, gasoline.   
      
   S   
      
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