Fire is a phenomenon of combustion manifested in intense heat and light in the form of a glow or flames. The word fire when used with an indefinite article is commonly used to describe either a fuel in a state of combustion (such as a campfire or a fire in a fireplace or kitchen stove) or an instance of violent, destructive and uncontrolled burning (such as a wildfire and fires in buildings and vehicles.

Creation of fire

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Fire is not a state of matter: rather, it is an exothermic chemical reaction accompanied by intense heat released during a rapid oxidation of combustible material. Fire may be visible as the brilliant glow and flames and may produce smoke.

Fires start when a flammable or combustible material with adequate supply of oxygen or other oxidizer is subjected to enough heat. The common fire-causing sources of heat include a spark, another fire (such as an explosion, a fire in the oven or fireplace, or a lit match, lighter or cigarette) and sources of intense thermal radiation (such as sunlight, a flue, an incandescent light bulb or a radiant heater). Mechanical and electrical machinery may cause fire when combustible materials used on or located near the equipment are exposed to intense heat from Joule heating, friction or exhaust gas. Fires can sustain themselves by the further release of heat energy in the process of combustion and may propagate, provided there is continuous supply of oxygen and fuel. Fires may become uncontrolled and cause great damage to and destruction of human life, animals, plants and property.

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@themahler look at you go! You're on fire! Announcing a blizzard warning? You've made the big time! Should I drive to Muskogee today?
mitchday (Mitch Day) Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:03:09 -0000
@themahler look at you go! You're on fire! Announcing a blizzard warning? You've made the big time! Should I drive to Muskogee today?
Gay Ministers, practice what you preach. Don't wait for God to send you to hell, just jump into the lake of fire and brimstone now. Perverts
CEOHBU (CEOHBU) Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:03:01 -0000
Gay Ministers, practice what you preach. Don't wait for God to send you to hell, just jump into the lake of fire and brimstone now. Perverts
RT @firenation: Video, audio; Cell phone delayed call; 3 dead in NY fire, http://tinyurl.com/ny911fatalfire
shell1972 (Shelly Wilcoxson) Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:03:00 -0000
RT @firenation: Video, audio; Cell phone delayed call; 3 dead in NY fire, http://tinyurl.com/ny911fatalfire
A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body. Benjamin Franklin
JeffAdamsREI (Jeff Adams) Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:02:59 -0000
A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body. Benjamin Franklin
@lalust @Vagari I think I should start another fire to get them to come back and give me some numbers.
ncaswell (Nikki ) Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:02:57 -0000
@lalust @Vagari I think I should start another fire to get them to come back and give me some numbers.
So much snow. I love the far-east-side of west TX. Moms cooking breakfast, there's a fire, and XM Christmas tunes on TV. I'm never leaving.
Kinsmarie (Kinsey Angerstein ) Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:02:56 -0000
So much snow. I love the far-east-side of west TX. Moms cooking breakfast, there's a fire, and XM Christmas tunes on TV. I'm never leaving.

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