Across
- 3. Produced when a substance undergoes rapid oxidation involving heat and light
- 4. direction that fire and smoke travel/burn
- 9. The location where the fire started
- 10. Substances, such as gasoline, paint thinner, and alcohol, that accelerate the burning process
- 11. one of the most common accidental causes of house fires
- 12. must be available in sufficient quantity to combine with the fuel to sustain fire
- 13. V-shape that might indicate a fire that was hotter than normal or helped along by an accelerant
Down
- 1. Noticeable patterns created by the fire as it burns
- 2. Shows the three elements needed to produce and sustain a fire
- 5. A fire started deliberately
- 6. type of evidence that remnants of accelerants can be classified as
- 7. type of V-shape burn pattern that might indicate a fire that was slow burning
- 8. The lowest temperature to which a substance must be heated in order for the substance to give off vapors which will burn when exposed to a flame or ignition source