Presumably it helped that they crashed into a thick pile of snow in freezing conditions - I imagine that would slow the spread of the fire.
But still, that’s astonishing footage in the Reddit post linked above. Incredible that no one died.
But still, that’s astonishing footage in the Reddit post linked above. Incredible that no one died.
There's a reason water is used for firefighting.
It takes a fair amount of heat / pressure to ignite jet fuel, easier if it’s vaporised.
Kerosene (Jet-A) is relatively nonvolatile and tends to burn most violently when dispersed in air. It's not quite as heavy as diesel fuel, in which you can extinguish a lit match, but conditions in this incident probably limited flame development considerably.