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'''Fire''' is the rapid [[oxidation]] of a material (the [[fuel]]) in the [[exothermic]] chemical process of [[combustion]], releasing [[heat]], [[light]], and various reaction [[Product (chemistry)|products]].<ref>{{Citation |title=Glossary of Wildland Fire Terminology |date=October 2007 |url=http://www.nwcg.gov/pms/pubs/glossary/pms205.pdf |journal= |pages=70 |access-date=2008-12-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080821230940/http://www.nwcg.gov/pms/pubs/glossary/pms205.pdf |url-status=deviated |publisher=National Wildfire Coordinating Group |archive-date=2008-08-21}}</ref>{{efn|Slower oxidative processes like [[rusting]] or [[digestion]] are not included by this definition.}} |
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'''Fire''' is the rapid [[oxidation]] of a material (the [[fuel]]) in the [[exothermic]] chemical process of [[combustion]], releasing [[heat]], [[light]], and various reaction [[Product (chemistry)|products]].<ref>{{Citation |title=Glossary of Wildland Fire Terminology |date=October 2007 |url=http://www.nwcg.gov/pms/pubs/glossary/pms205.pdf |journal= |pages=70 |access-date=2008-12-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080821230940/http://www.nwcg.gov/pms/pubs/glossary/pms205.pdf |url-status=deviated |publisher=National Wildfire Coordinating Group |archive-date=2008-08-21}}</ref>{{efn|Slower oxidative processes like [[rusting]] or [[digestion]] are not included by this definition.}} |
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There are numerous modern applications of fire. In its broadest sense, fire is used by nearly every human being on earth in a controlled setting every day. Users of [[internal combustion]] vehicles employ fire every time they drive. Thermal [[power station]]s provide [[electricity]] for a large percentage of humanity by igniting fuels such as [[coal]], [[oil]] or [[natural gas]], then using the resultant heat to boil water into [[steam]], which then drives [[turbine]]s. |
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There are numerous modern applications of fire. In its broadest sense, fire is used by nearly every human being on earth in a controlled setting every day. Users of [[internal combustion]] vehicles employ fire every time they drive. Thermal [[power station]]s provide [[electricity]] for a large percentage of humanity by igniting fuels such as [[coal]], [[oil]] or [[natural gas]], then using the resultant heat to boil water into [[steam]], which then drives [[turbine]]s. |
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I put up an image of a magician conjuring a lone fire.