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Report to district attorney ori white. they conclude thhe a single item of psical evidence in this case which supports a finding of arson." >> the willis case is based solely on old wives tales that were disproved and should have been known by everybody in the industry. an amateur could have taken this case who had in his mind a one-page list of old wives tales, could have taken a checklist on the willis fire and said no, that's caused by flashover. no, that's caused by a flashover. accelerants can't do that and you wind up with nothing. >> there's one last thing. what about his so-called remo...

Enough heat to destroy a heavy dining room table. >> but as this other fire investigation experiment shows, a gasoline fire only gives off large intense flames for around a minute. by the time a piece of furniture begins burning on its own, the gasoline will have already burned off. from that point on, the gasoline fire burns at around the same temperature as a normal fire would. what's more, if an accelerant had been used to start the willis fire, it would have taken an enormous amount to generate such a large pour pattern. >> the pour patterns indicated that somewhere in the vicinity of 25 t...

Minutes, this fire reaches temperatures so hot that it begins to burn down. >> radiation goes in all directions. including down. and when the temperature of that hot gas layer gets to about 1100 to 1200 degrees fahrenheit, it's got enough energy to ignite everything below it. every exposed surface catches on fire. >> the aftermath of a fire like this will often leave behind irregular burn patterns on the floor of a structure, much like the ones investigators found in the willis fire. >> you will find patterns in the room that look like you would imagine a floor and lower walls would look if th...