Possible Clues:

• Petroleum product used in lighter fluids
• Inferior broadcast which incompletely identifies distillation product
• Pathan with H in it ought to be able to make light of it
• A hot vessel brought round to accommodate most of the oil
• Flammable liquid used as solvent
• Distillation product of coal tar or petroleum
• Pathan and horse represented a fiery mixture
• How the god up there hath got confused and made light of it
• An inverted scale that almost indicates 'volatile substance'
• A hot temperature with hot pot set up, which is flammable