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Also bleach and ammonia.
Basically, don't mix cleaning chemicals.
Also, ammonium nitrate + gasoline = bad day.
I know a farmer who lived to tell the tale. He had a bunch of empty sacks, and he had piled them up and was ready to burn them. He poured some gasoline on them so that the fire would start easily. Unfortunately, he didnโt know that one of the sacks contained a little bit of ammonium nitrate, which happily combined with the gasoline and fire. Next, the mixture exploded, throwing burning gasoline everywhere.
After he managed to put the fires out he was taken to the hospital. Today, he still has some nasty burn marks on his skin, but he survived.
You shouldn't use gasoline for anything else than your vehicle anyway.
If one must use liquid accelerants, kerosene or (gasp) charcoal lighting fluid are good choices because they don't turn into gas as readily or burn as quickly as gas. Again only of you must. Solid fire starters are more reliable and safe anyway.