accelerant

"It should tell us whether accelerant has been used and."

"So she didn't come in here with some sort of accelerant?"

Investigators believe the fire was started with some sort of accelerant, the police said.

He said evidence is being analyzed to see if an accelerant might have been used.

But, he said, further tests are needed to determine what type of accelerant was used.

"It's different from someone who creates a fire with an accelerant."

She said word was that the accelerant had been gasoline.

It was a fast, hot, intense fire because of the accelerant.

The investigators said all five fires had been started with an accelerant.

I thought she'd come into the bar with some sort of accelerant."

In this case, the accelerant was the poor condition of Enron's financial structure.

An accelerant was also found in wood chips from the deck floor.

"He was wearing a plastic jacket, and that alone would act as an accelerant."

"The use of petrol as an accelerant might be a godsend."

Using phosphorus as an accelerant, the fire burned for five days.

"Fire marshals couldn't tell if an accelerant was involved," he said.

An unidentified accelerant was used in the vehicle fires, destroying six of the eight.

However, another defense witness said there were no burn patterns or other evidence of an accelerant.

The authorities have said they believe the hydrogen was used as an accelerant in the trade center blast.

The fire appears to have been caused by an accelerant, not a firebomb as first reported.

"Perhaps hormones and a shot of accelerant," the scout said softly.

And like any accelerant, that would change the equation.

It was apparently caused by the overuse of a growth accelerant.

In order for a positive identification of a fire accelerant to occur both field work and laboratory analysis must take place.

Near one foot police found another bottle which was tested for traces of an accelerant.