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Re: Oil Type Residue
Posted by:
Gerald Hurst (IP Logged)
Date: June 21, 2007 11:19AM
Heavy petroleum distillates often burn poorly on hard floor surfaces at ambient temperatures and tend to self-extinguish, leaving unburned liquid still in place with little floor damage. Of course, if the floor later becomes hot, the residue may evavorate or burn away. As you know. floors typically remain relatively cool despite the hot upper layer in the early stages of a fire.
Of course, the identity of the residual material would have to be confirmed by laboratory analysis.