Not a big part of the photo but it is important. Love how the silhouetted of the helmet jumps out from the background. Great capture of the flames - love the colors.
Great shot. I'm curious to see if this gets killed with comments and votes suggesting the hat is "not prominent enough". I've had a couple of entries that got creamed for that.
Great photo journalistic shot - this is a wonderful moment you've manage to catch. I think you could have cloned out a couple of distracting spots though. It's a very strong photo nonetheless.