Dramas worthy of soap operas are most likely to ignite in the kitchen or at the barbecue.
In a word, extruded polystyrene insulation board was more likely ignited by open fire than thermal radiation.
Monday is the 40th anniversary of the Cuyahoga River fire of 1969, when oil-soaked debris floating on the river's surface was ignited, most likely by sparks from a passing train.
Ben Baxter, director of Pea Soup Limited, a smoke-machine supplier in Ingleby Barwick, England, said the principal chemical was most likely potassium chlorate, which ignites easily — a 9-volt battery will do — and produces fine white particles as it burns.
A spark, most likely from a carelessly tossed match, had ignited some straw.
For one thing, the cord's metal wiring, they said, showed evidence of beading, or melting, at a point where the heat became intense and most likely caused a spark that is believed to have ignited some papers close by.
Though investigators never found what ignited the explosion, they said the source was most likely a short circuit that created a surge of electricity in a low-voltage wire attached to a fuel gauge inside the tank.
Mr. Baxter said that the most likely procedure would be to place a cartridge in the newer stove, close the door and then ignite it by sending current through a wire.
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But in his effort to address the suffering of tax-weary New Yorkers, Mr. Bloomberg has ignited a round of speculation about forthcoming city tax cuts that even his own top aides now acknowledge will most likely never happen.
