^^^ Yup, diesel first has to be compressed and heated before it ignites and explodes, unlike gasoline which is a highly flammable substance.

This I learned several years ago from an episode in "Adderly" starring Winston Rekert. Kaya daw yung mga diesel-fed cars na kapag binabaril tapos sumasabog agad ay di totoo, it happens only in the movies.

May na-feature na sa Future Weapons na FAB, Fuel-Air Bomb, which atomizes the incendiary fuel before ignition several meters above the ground. Mas malakas daw ang destructive effect kesa conventional, ground-impact bombs. Also, in the early 1980's, I read a feature on the F.A.E. (Fuel-Air Explosive) in a Batman comic book. Baka ganun din ang nangyari sa Glorietta.