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5 days ago · fire, rapid burning of combustible material with the evolution of heat and usually accompanied by flame. It is one of the human race’s essential tools, control of which helped start it on the path toward civilization. Understand the reason why fire flames have different color, shape, and movement.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
- What is fire?Fire is a rapid burning of combustible material in the presence of oxygen manifested as flames. It is usually accompanied by heat and light. Fire i...
- When did humans begin using fire?Evidence suggests that the earliest controlled use of fire by hominins was about 1,420,000 years ago. However, it was not until about 7000 BCE that...
- Why was fire important to early humans?Early humans used fire to keep warm and cook their food. They also learned to use it in hunting and warfare, to kill insects, and to clear forests...
- How did prehistoric peoples make a fire?The most widespread method of producing fire among prehistoric peoples was the friction method. Most commonly, a pointed hardwood was twirled betwe...
- What role has fire played in the growth of civilization?Fire has been an essential element at every stage of the growth of civilization. Much of the history of technology and science might be characteriz...
2 days ago · A wildfire, forest fire, bushfire, wildland fire or rural fire is an unplanned, uncontrolled and unpredictable fire in an area of combustible vegetation.
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4 days ago · In 1891, a large fire burned again in the region where the Thumb fire in Michigan burned 10 years earlier. Based on tree ring evidence it was one of the biggest fires in the region, Meunier said.
4 days ago · The fires, which began on August 8, struck hardest the historic resort town of Lahaina, on Maui’s western peninsula, reducing most of the town to ash and ruins. 98 people were killed in Lahaina by the smoke and flames or by drowning, making the wildfire one of the world’s deadliest on record.
- John P. Rafferty
1 day ago · Studio audio. "Fire" (from The Promise, 2010) on YouTube. Bruce Springsteen envisioned "Fire" as a song which could be recorded by his idol Elvis Presley. It was written after Springsteen saw Presley perform at a May 28, 1977 concert at the Spectrum in Philadelphia. Springsteen said, "I sent [Elvis] a demo of it but he died before it arrived."
- "Love Is Like a Rolling Stone"
- October 2, 1978 (US), March 9, 1979 (UK)
- 1978
4 days ago · Terry Clark Hughes Jr. is the 39-year-old felon who opened fire with a fully automatic weapon at the scene where four law enforcement officers in Charlotte, North Carolina, were shot and killed on ...
2 days ago · The mission never flew; a cabin fire during a launch rehearsal test at Cape Kennedy Air Force Station Launch Complex 34 on January 27 killed all three crew members—Command Pilot Gus Grissom, Senior Pilot Ed White, and Pilot Roger B. Chaffee —and destroyed the command module (CM).
