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[Bromor Neckbeard]

I've never seen a firesnake cause a fire.  What I think caused the OP's holocaust was that most likely a fire imp got killed, and then somebody butchered it and stored the meat in a wooden barrel.  I don't know precisely how this works, but apparently even after death, a fire imp's flesh retains a high temperature, causing wooden items near fire imp meat to catch on fire.

I lost two consecutive fortresses to this problem before I figured out what was causing it.

[Joseph Miles]

Incidentally, my fortress is stocking up so much booze that I'm considering similar ideas of using them for defence as a big firetrap.  Only thing is, there isn't anything in-game that produces fire reliably and is directly controllable.  Maybe there should be a new "firestarter" trap?

Atm, I'm thinking more of something involving lava, pit-dump, and booze barrels.  Will need to set up experiments...

1)Make a booze stockpile on a bridge above the pit.
2)connect the bridge to a lever
3)Wait for goblins to come
4)Pull said lever
5)
6)PROFIT!

[Stravitch]

I've never seen a firesnake cause a fire.  What I think caused the OP's holocaust was that most likely a fire imp got killed, and then somebody butchered it and stored the meat in a wooden barrel.  I don't know precisely how this works, but apparently even after death, a fire imp's flesh retains a high temperature, causing wooden items near fire imp meat to catch on fire.

I lost two consecutive fortresses to this problem before I figured out what was causing it.

Same thing happened to me.  Killed an imp and eventually it got butchered and hauled off to the stockpiles and BOOM!

[eerr]

imp fat explodes after butchering