Fire

Fire is essentially a combustion reaction that causes exothermic energy to combust releasing intense heat and light. This is an oxidation of any varying material. As most of us know fire to be bad, few of us know that there are positives of contained fires. They stiumlate growth, maintain ecological systems and allow for new plant/tree life. Although some negative effects include soil erosion, air pollution and potential water contamination as well as the obvious dangers to humans and other living organisms. Fires begin when a combustible item combines with an oxidizer and then is exposed to varying sources of heat or just one source. Then rapid oxidation occurs and produces a chain reaction which is also called a fire tetrahedron. The tetrahedron contains heat, oxygen, fuel and chain reaction, if the fire is extinguished one of the four parts of the tetrahedron has been safely removed. Flames from fire range in temperature between 1,800-3600 degrees farenheit on average.