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Sullysq ago

I think I get what you're asking, please confirm if I've gotten it.

Whenever fuel burns, explosion or not, it is only the atomized fuel that's burning. That is it's only the fuel that's either in vapor form or at least misted in the air. Pools of fuel burn much more slowly and depending on the depth of the pool in relation to it's exposed surface area it could burn for a very long time. You could literally throw a lit match into an open container of fuel and not have it vaporize in an explosion like you'd imagine from movies. if the container is starved of oxygen, like a gas can with a long spout to toss the match down, the match can even be doused out in the pool and never ignite the fuel. Point is that only the vapor, evaporating, or at least misted fuel burns so there could potentially be fuel burning in those buildings for a very long time.

Gringojones ago

You should be at the top, considering you are the only one who read the entire question and responded with a valid answer.

Sullysq ago

Thanks. There's a lot of knee-jerk reactions just about everywhere anymore. Admittedly I do it too sometimes. Sometimes ya gotta cut through a lot of fat to get to the meat. It's not all bad though of course, knee-jerk can be plenty entertaining.