Which risk accompanied the Byzantine dromon's Greek fire weaponry?

💡 Explanation

Premature detonation arose because Greek fire was unstable and prone to autoignition via unwanted oxidative chain branching reactions; therefore it could explode on the ship, rather than deploying tactically, despite many stabilizing factors.

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