Umm -- the Mythbusters explored the issue of the flammable skin in their usual style. Season 5, Episode 1, available here: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2

Umm -- the Mythbusters explored the issue of the flammable skin in their usual style. Season 5, Episode 1, available here: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2ncm5i https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2ncm5i The OP article pretty much takes the flammability of the doped skin for granted. The "distributed capacitor" theory certainly would account for the rapidity of the fire spread, with multiple ignition points.