How Fire Works
    Chemistry

    How Fire Works

    Fuel + oxygen + heat = chemical reaction with light. Remove any side, fire dies.

    Candle flame. Campfire. Gas stove burner. Fire is everywhere and we kind of stopped noticing. But what IS fire? Solid? Liquid? Gas? Spoiler — it's a REACTION you can SEE.

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