Had some property in Oregon years ago
Logged part of it and put the sticks and twigs/brush into big piles to be burned
Would only burn on rainy days, paid a friend who needed some extra cash to stay and watch the fires and relight them if/when they went out
Left him with a can of diesel and a propane torch to restart as needed
And my best rain suit
Well he thought the diesel was just too hard to ignite, so........................
He went and got some gasoline from the barn, which is OK, but..............he mixed them together and poured on way too much
Leaned down with the torch...................KA BOOM
He said it knocked him back 20ft on his ass
Burned off all facial hair and my best rain suit was melted across the front, all crinkled up
And the fire went out again on that pile....................lol
The gasoline lights easier and flame spreads out fairly fast so doesn't last long
The diesel takes more heat to ignite and flame slowly spreads out which heats up more of diesel so heat lasts longer and can get the wet wood burning, diesel has more energy to be released
Mix the two together and you have a bomb, gasoline ignites fast and it spreads thru the diesel so it all ignites instantly