title: A fatal fire with "nonflammable" methyl chloroform.
abstract: A methyl chloroform fire was fatal to a welder. The widely held belief that this material is nonflammable contributed to his death. As shown here, methyl chloroform is much easier to burn than is commonly believed.
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational; D005390:Fires; D006801:Humans; D006843:Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated / Q000633:toxicity*; D008297:Male; D014240:Trichloroethanes / Q000633:toxicity*; D014835:Volatilization
chemical_list: D006843:Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated; D014240:Trichloroethanes; C024566:1,1,1-trichloroethane