It is particularly dangerous when the first effort hasn't succeeded, and fresh gasoline is poured on smouldering embers. Some people dip a stick in the gas tank, and light that. That is safer, but still far too dangerous. Firewood Firewood provides the heat to boil the coffee, cook the meal, dry the clothes and warm our cold bodies. Larger pieces of wood burn longer and slower.
Smaller pieces burn faster.
Foraging for firewood with an axe is hard. If the wood is long and thin, we often break it between two healthy trees rather than chopping it. Having a chainsaw available really makes a difference. Whole dry trees can be cut up and used. Cutting blocks of wood with the chainsaw then splitting the inside portions insures dry pieces of wood when it is raining.