The magic fire that won't go out

[WTFH]

I thought it was practically impossible to set fire to diesel at normal atmospheric pressure and any reasonable temperature

I mean a diesel puddle won't ignite if you simply drop a lighted match on it.

Diesel will burn in one of two ways - by being sprayed as small droplets or by wicking. That's how old Agas/Rayburns work. If it has something to wick through it will burn for a long time

[CretinWatcher]

Yes, still diesel, it will have soaked into the wet wood and will wick through it for many hours. The dry material should have burned quite fiercely.

It's just damp leaves and small shrub branches - that;'s why I'm surprised its still going.
There was heavy rain just before it was lit yesterday so nothing was dry.

It will take a LOT of water to quench it if there is still a lot of things to burn.
I've seen a diesel fire of garden waste/branches burn for 3+ days.

Yikes!

It's an interesting education though - if you're going on a camping trip or on a jungle expedition, its possible to have a fire continue indefinitely even through heavy rain. Who knew. Apart from you smartypants.
Shame I didn't watch how they started it.

Lighting an unquenchable but controlled fire - that's a proper life skill, that is.

[FatLazyContractor]

It's just damp leaves and small shrub branches - that;'s why I'm surprised its still going.
There was heavy rain just before it was lit yesterday so nothing was dry.
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Are you sure your wife hasn't hidden her collection of clothes, shoes and money milked from her ex-husband in the shrubs?

[CretinWatcher]

Are you sure your wife hasn't hidden her collection of clothes, shoes and money milked from her ex-husband in the shrubs?

Must be made of something very flammable.

[OwlHoot]

Shame I didn't watch how they started it. ...

Were they ex-army bods, who started the fire by lighting a slab of brown plasticky looking stuff?

If so, I wouldn't go too near it in case a twig snaps in the heat ...

[MrMarkyMark]

FTFY

Were they ex-army Brexiter bods, who started the fire by lighting a slab of brown plasticky looking stuff?

If so, I wouldn't go too near it in case a twig snaps in the heat ...

[minestrone]

Saddened the thread title did not involve a Smiths song title.

[CretinWatcher]

They haven't started something like this have they?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centralia_mine_fire

Dunno. There was quite a heavy shower just now. But the fooker is smoking away, hasn't been killed yet. It's so wet I reckon it's safe just to let it do its thing overnight

[quackhandle]

Saddened the thread title did not involve a Smiths song title.

I'm sure many EU nationals living here could identify with the lyrics. [Ben Elton]OO-ER little bit of politics...[/Ben Elton]

Oh, please don't drop me home
Because it's not my home, it's their
Home, and I'm welcome no more



qh

[CretinWatcher]

Still going - ho hum ...