Vast and Fiendish Plot

[JMadonna]

(03-14-2013 12:44 PM)RJNorton Wrote:  Regarding why the fires failed to take hold, Ed Steers writes (in a North & South article from 2002) it was due to (1) the Greek Fire had been sabotaged or altered in some way to cause its failure or (2) it was manufactured by a chemist who wasn't qualified or (3) each of the rooms were sealed tight preventing an adequate flow of oxygen to the fire.

Most probably #2. The NYFD had no trouble using water to put them out.