page_title: Fire
hierarchical_section_title: Fire
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Ein brennendes Streichholz. English: Lighting a match. Français&#160;: Une allumette enflammée. Dansk: En tændt tændstik. Magyar: Egy gyufa meggyulladása. Norsk nynorsk: Ei tent fyrstikke. Polski: Zapłon zapałki
context_page_description: Fire is a chemical reaction that gives off light and heat. It is an example of the chemical process. Fire is useful, but also very dangerous because it can cause houses, trees and many other things to burn into ashes. Forest fires are very harmful. They can destroy a huge area in a matter of minutes. Every year people die by accident from fire.
  Fire can be made in many different ways. Some ways are rubbing sticks together for a long time, using flint and steel, or using matches. However, the Sun does not make fire. Instead, it crushes together hydrogen atoms to release energy through the process of nuclear fusion.
context_section_description: Fire is a chemical reaction that gives off light and heat. It is an example of the chemical process. Fire is useful, but also very dangerous because it can cause houses, trees and many other things to burn into ashes. Forest fires are very harmful. They can destroy a huge area in a matter of minutes. Every year people die by accident from fire. 
  Fire can be made in many different ways. Some ways are rubbing sticks together for a long time, using flint and steel, or using matches.  However, the Sun does not make fire. Instead, it crushes together hydrogen atoms to release energy through the process of nuclear fusion.
caption: A match on fire
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