If there's a fire or explosion, you don't want your clothes turning into a napalm-like substance on your skin.

如果发生了火灾或者爆炸，你不会想让你的衣服变成在你皮肤上有如凝固汽油一样的物质。

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She turned around and was startled to see Movahedi, who threw something over her. What felt like fire on her face was acid searing through her skin.

她转过身来，惊异地发现莫瓦赫迪就在她身后，并向她扔过来什么东西。她感到脸上像着了火一样，硫酸烧焦了她的皮肤。

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I feel like my... skin is on... is on fire.

我觉得我的…皮肤像…火烧一样。

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My long bones in my arms and legs felt like someone was ramming a long steel rod into them, my joints all creaked and popped in and out and ached like the worst arthritis ever. my skin was on fire and my extremities, especially my hands and feet, where it seemed to concentrate.

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It quotes witnesses saying they saw bright flares in the sky, and that a sticky, flaming substance was released which set the camps on fire and burned through clothes, skin and flesh.

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On occasions my hands have been so bad that I have had to wear cotton gloves all day, as they are covered in weeping open sores, and it is impossible not to scratch the eczema, as the eczema itch can be like your skin is crawling, and when you have scratched it, it burns like your hands are on fire.

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