If ABC had anted up the budget. As to combustibles, there are scads of electrical cables, and they may have insulation that can burn. Electrical components galore, filters, paint, tra la, tra la. Plastics, since so big a ship would need to save weight wherever possible. Once metals begin to melt, they could start to melt or burn through deck plates, spreading both heat and fire. The initial explosion could have spewed flammables everywhere, including through the air ducts. Tigh said they must have been packed with solonite. They may have carried other things, as well as their nearly-full fuel tanks.
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Populos stultus viris indignas honores saepe dat. -Horace
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Fortuna est caeca. -Cicero
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"You know the night before was a tough one when even the sound of the fizz hurts your head." -Mike Hammer.
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