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Jet Fuel and Steel Melting

The claim that jet fuel can melt structural steel in building fires, particularly in the context of the World Trade Center collapse.

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can jet fuel melt steel beams?

Jet fuel in ordinary open-air building fires does not reach the temperatures required to melt structural steel, but it—and the office contents it ignites—can heat steel to temperatures that dramatical...