But once it's safely secured in its cradle, I have to believe it'll be less dangerous than a hold full of inflammable oil."

Staring with narrowed eyes, Conan noted that the unnatural flames did not spread, as they should have if caused by some inflammable oil.

Six light carriages were improvised and loaded with bladders of light inflammable oil, with a fire grenade attached.

World War I saw the development of the flamethrower, a modern version of the Byzantine siphons, which used gas under pressure to squirt a mixture of inflammable oil and petrol, ignited by a burning taper.

At the resumed inquest at Hereford Town Hall, Health and Safety Executive explosions expert Andrew Cox said the oil tank Michael Grant worked on had been full of highly inflammable oil vapour.

Some trees and shrubs such as the eucalypts of Australia actually encourage the spread of fires by producing inflammable oils, and are dependent on their resistance to fire which keeps other species of tree from invading their habitat.