As soon as the hatch opens, you get a face full of fumes from the fuel stored below. Shining your light down inside, you could see the fuel but it's a long ways down. There's a ladder going down but, the fumes are too strong to risk going down inside the tank. You could use the fuel to start a small fire but you need to find a way to get it up. Do you have any ideas?

is that a can to the right in the last panel? if we have some string of something to lower it down, we can scoop some up . . . i vaguely remember grabbing a lighter a number of panels back. if we could find some papers or cardboard to light up we might not need the fuel?

what else is in the room around us?

Yes that was a can to the right of the hatch, and you do have some string remaining. There are a couple of things remaining in this room you could use, so lets look around further before we get the fuel from the tank.

glad the story is back