Originally Posted by alfaspence
Its poisonous, volatile, colourless, and smells sweeter than Ethanol...
Also its vapour being slightly heavier than air will stay close to the ground waiting for a small spark to set it ablaze. Its flames then are practically invisible; one may walk right into them and not notice it until his clothes are suddenly on fire.
Methanol mixed with N2O is used as fuel in model car racing and similar accidents have happened many times during refueling.