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Fire making
Process of starting a fire artificially / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Fire making, fire lighting or fire craft is the process of artificially starting a fire. It requires completing the fire triangle, usually by heating tinder above its autoignition temperature.
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Fire is an essential tool for human survival and the use of fire was important in early human cultural history since the Lower Paleolithic.[1][2] Today, it is a key component of Scouting and bushcraft.