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I don't think anybody really knew why the Hindenburg really caught on
fire and exploded.I haven't ever seen or read anything about that before
that convinced me one way or the other.
cuhulin

Not that you'll bother reading it...or the myriad of others on the net
similar to it:

http://www.hydrogenus.com/advocate/ad22zepp.htm

This article is pretty neat, too:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/769642.stm