As above, just now my escort wouldn't start its a 1600 Zetec

It would turn over but not start

Checked for spark and had a spark fine,

So then just kept trying to start it for about 20-30 secs and it fired up

I had washed it a bit before with a hose pipe so could it have been water in the intake or something like that?

Seems to be running fine now but I'd like to know what it was/could be in case it does it again

I thought poss battery but not if it was turning it over for that long without actually starting?

Cheers for any help!