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Experiments are reported on pool fires of transformer oil (flash point157°C) burning over a rock bed in a 1.2m diameter pan, with and without drainage from the bottom of the pan. Levels in the pool are referenced to the mean rock surface level (MRSL), defined as the horizontal plane (level of oil) where 50% of the area of the plane is broken by the surface rocks of the rock bed. Without drainage,...