Lighting device employing liquid fuel, said device comprising at least a container, which is adapted to receive and store a liquid fuel, as well as a burner, which also serves as a lid and is suitable for tightly sealing said container and includes a wick, the first end portion of which is located inside of the container in such way that it is allowed to absorb said liquid fuel, while the second end portion thereof protrudes out of the container and passes through the burner, wherein said burner is furnished with a tube through which said wick is inserted in order to extend from the interior of the container towards to the exterior thereof, as well as an additional opening for aerating the interior of the container and thus equalising the air pressure inside of the container due to changes of the amount of fuel therein, wherein said container comprises with a neck, in the area of which said burner is arranged, which is conceived as a hollow lid and comprises a reservoir for storage of the fuel which is possibly leaked from the interior of the container, wherein said reservoir is placed above the highest allowed level of the fuel within the container, and wherein said burner furnished with said reservoir is adapted both for closing and sealing said container in the area of its neck, and also for receiving the fuel that could be leaked from the container when the lantern would be tipped over, and wherein said burner is moreover on its external surface outside of the container equipped with an outwardly protruding protective tubular rib, which is designed as a continuous ring, which extends around the wick and at a certain distance apart from it and is intended for preventing oral contact with said second end portion of the wick, which is located outside of the container, and wherein said reservoir of the burner comprises a top wall, which is located outside of the container and on the external surface of which said protective tubular edge is arranged, a bottom wall, which is located inside of the container, as well as a side wall, which is arranged between said bottom wall and said top wall, and moreover, a tube is foreseen, which passes through said top wall and said bottom wall of the reservoir, in which said wick is inserted and which is at least approximately centrally aligned and sealed at least in the area of passing through the top wall towards the bottom wall, and wherein said bottom wall of the reservoir is furnished with a further opening, which is intended for allowing the fuel to flow from the interior of the container into the reservoir, or vice versa, wherein the level of fuel is always, during the regular use of the lighting device and also before that, maintained below the bottom wall of the reservoir, characterised in that the aerating opening in the top wall of the reservoir is arranged at a distance apart from said centrally arranged tube comprising a wick, and at the same time an aerating tube is connected to said aerating opening and is suitable for allowing the air to flow from the exterior of the container towards the interior thereof, or vice versa, wherein said aerating tube protrudes towards the bottom wall but is ended at a sufficient distance from the bottom wall.