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]] Fire is a form of combustion. Most typically, the word ''fire'' refers to the combination of the brilliant glow and large amount of heat released during a rapid, self-sustaining exothermic oxidation process of combustible gases ejected from a fuel. The flames are a body of gas that releases heat and light. Fires start when a fuel is subjected to heat or another energy source, e.g. a match or lighter, and are sustained by the further release of heat energy until all the combustible fuel is consumed. The word ''fire'' by itself often designates uncontrolled fires rather than referring to controlled fires.

Controlling fire

thumb|right|125px|Small open fire Controlling fire for the purposes of providing heat and light was one of humankind's first great achievements. It made possible migration to colder climates which otherwise would have remained out of reach for colonization. It also allowed for cooking food and using flame and heat to process materials. Archaeology indicates that ancestors of modern humans such as ''Homo erectus'' seem to have been using controlled fire as early as some 790,000 years ago. The Cradle of Humankind site has evidence for controlled fire 1 million years ago.

Fire and religion

Fires and burning have often been used in religious rites and symbolism, as the smoke of the fire disperses into the heavens. Fire is one of the four classical elements, as well as one of the five Chinese elements. In Hinduism fire is one of five sacred elements of which all living creatures are comprised and is considered an eternal witness essential to sacred religious ceremonies. In Christianity, fire is a symbol of the Holy Spirit and is often used in descriptions of Hell. Fire is constantly used by the Zoroastrian religion in order to represent the Ahura Mazda, or God, of the Zoroastrians, including the fire at Yazda, which has been burning for over two millenia. Fire is also an important part of Calcinatio, the fire operation in

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Fire

Does Halon work on the fourth component of fire or it just cut off two of the original three components? ---- What mechanism causes flames to glow? I assume the wood, etc. glows because of blackbody radiation. Shouldn't flame be a disambiguation page? Omegatron I would think it would all be blackbody radiation. Anthony DiPierro 17:19, 26 Feb 2004 (UTC) :of what? gases i guess? hmm Omegatron 19:42, Feb 26, 2004 (UTC) ::You are correct that blackbody radiation is the mechanism, but it is (primarily) liberated carbon molecules in the flame which are emmitting the light. As they spread and cool down, they stop glowing. It doesn't take many carbon molecules to produce this effect, which is why it happens even with no visible smoke. On the other hand, incomplete comustion releases more unbonded carbon than complete combustion, which is why those flames burn a brighter, cooler, orange whereas complete combustion usually produces a hotter blue flame. -Lommer 23:39, 31 Jul 2004 (UTC) (I really think someone should put this explanation into the main article. This is exactly the information I was looking for! I'm not bold enough to do it myself however... - Meekohi)

Question

Why can't we move the bottom of the page to Fire (disambiguation)

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Fire Down Below

''Fire Down Below'' is a 1997 action film in which an EPA agent investigates a Kentucky mine and helps locals stand up for their rights. The movie stars Steven Seagal, Marg Helgenberger, Kris Kristofferson, Harry Dean Stanton and Stephen Lang. It includes cameos by country music performers Levon Helm, Randy Travis. and Travis Tritt. The movie was directed by Felix Enriquez Alcala and written by Jeb Stuart and Philip Morton. It was produced by William S. Gilmore, Julius R. Nasso, Steven Seagal, Ronald G. Smith and Jeb Stuart. ---- ''Fire Down Below'' is also the title of a 1957 film starring Rita Hayworth, Robert Mitchum and Jack Lemmon.

Internet Movie Database entries:

* Category:1997 films

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Into The Fire

Into the Fire may refer to:

a 1987 album by Bryan Adams; see Into the Fire (album).

a Bruce Springsteen song from his 2002 album ''The Rising''.

an episode of the science-fiction television series ''Babylon 5''; see Into the Fire (Babylon 5).

a hit song by Sarah McLachlan from her 1991 album ''Solace''.

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Fire

Hello there Fire, and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. If you ever need editing help visit How to edit a page and experiment at the sandbox. If you need pointers on how we title pages see the naming conventions. If you have any other questions about the project then check out the help pages or add a question to the village pump.
Cheers!
-- Ruhrjung 01:34, 15 Apr 2004 (UTC) ----

Germans

I've for long (a year, actually) been itched by the way Wikipedia-links are done with often sloppy distinctions between nationality, citizenship and ethnicity (with regard to persons) and also between nations and countries. This is particularly obvious in the case of people or entities that are denoted as German. A link to the Federal Republic of Germany is often outright unhistorical and wrong, but this has until now been the most usual. Therefore I'm considering an article on Germans, which I've started at User:Ruhrjung/Germans. I would wish to avoid lots of edit wars. In particular, I would not wish to see the current disputes over German-Polish matters automatically extend also to this article, why I kindly ask you for comments now, in advance, in order to try to find wordings acceptable to as many as possible of concerned wikipedians. I look forward to your comments at User talk:Ruhrjung/Germans.
--Ruhrjung 23:47, 14 Apr 2004 (UTC)

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