Summarizing discussion about the scenario from the Major Cons planning server (for Gen Con).The following answers were provided by Shay Snow, Paizo Organized Play developer.Q: For the “In a Pickle” complex hazard, does the hazard use one action each time it creates a new flame? Is the hazard considered defeated if its number of actions has been reduced to 0?
A: Yes and yes.
For more discussion see thread on Paizo forums
here.