a gasoline fire only gives off large intense flames for around a minute. by the time a piece of furniture begins burning on its own, the gasoline will have already burned off. from that point on, the gasoline fire burns at around the same temperature as a normal fire would. what's more, if an accelerant had been used to start the willis fire, it would have taken an enormous amount to generate such a large pour pattern. >> the pour patterns indicated that somewhere in the vicinity of 25 to 30 gallons of accelerant such as gasoline was used to start this fire. >> white further concludes that willis may have been physically unable to start this fire. >> i had just had back surgery, back-to-back two weeks apart. i couldn't pick up five gallons of gasoline, much less carry it and spread it around a house. >> after an eight-week investigation, hurst and his colleague ken ryeland issue a report to district attorney ori white. they conclude that the fire was