Common methods of setting fires

Question 1

List the common methods of setting fires

Answer 1

• Candles (Left to burn down into a pile of easily combustible material)
• Chemical igniters, Potassium permanganate, sugar, and glycerine (PP and sugar mixed 50/50, placed in container surrounded by kindling then the glycerine is added causing ignition)
• Electrical apparatus (Bar heater turned on facing furniture or clothing, iron left face down, toaster left with lever tied down, pan of fat left on
• Electric matches (Commercial igniter designed to light fast burning fuses. Produces a spit of flame)
• Matches and cigarettes (Cigarettes left to burn on a box/book of matches. Material such as wool can easily catch a light from this)
• Molotov cocktails
• Timing devices
• Trailers (Such as rags soaked in kerosene, are laid from an ignition source to the site of the intended fire)