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A study has been made on the properties of a kerosine fire burning in a vessel 30 cm diameter. Observations have been made on the rate of burning, the upward velocity of the flames, the composition of the kerosine after burning, and the temperature in the liquid, the vapour zone and the flames. The kerosine burned as a non-hot zone forming liquid, but the bulk of the vaporization took place at the surface and not within a layer 0.5 in. below the surface as stated in earlier work by Burgoyne and Katan. The bulk of the heat transfer to the surface of the liquid was by radiation.