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Right, because diesel buses are totally not flammable at all.

• PaulHoule 5y ago
  I bought a number of plastic "jerry cans" that all had stickers on them saying you shouldn't use gasoline or diesel to start fires. Oddly the reason why is different for the two fluids. Gasoline can catch fire quickly and form a fireball, whereas diesel is hard to ignite and won't help start a fire. This movie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_5th_Wave_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_5th_Wave_(film) has a scene where the kids set a school bus on fire with the fuel which isn't realistic.
  • sokoloff 5y ago
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nL10C7FSbE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nL10C7FSbE compares the flammability of several types of fuels. 2m08s for Jet-A. 3m50s for #2 diesel. 6m03s for heating oil. 7m30s for kerosene (all those are basically the same and surprising to most how not flammable they are in liquid form). 10m15s for avgas. 11m30s for auto gas.
    • lstodd 5y ago
      That's some bullshit video. All you need is some tissue and a gas soldering iron or equivalent lighter. Lights up in under one second.
      • PaulHoule 5y ago
        Back in the day we would make ‘firebowls’ with a metal bowl and burning various liquids, igniting it with a long lighter. We would burn everything from gasoline to corn oil that way.