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AFAIK the fire started later. As there was a miners strike at the time, and White Star Lines was in a hurry to take the Titanic on the maiden voyage, a lower-grade coal which was more brittle was used. As it had a higher sulphur content and released much more dust, it was basically gun powder, only lacking some Potassium Nitride. Well, the manure of marine birds tend to have a higher amount of Nitrides in general...
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