Fire Is a Chemical Reaction

So fire is a chemical reaction. So we are looking at the candle, there it'sthere's the wax. Is obviously the wickt what is it that's actually burning? Thereare a couple of really important components to causing a flaming combustion. You need to have fuel, and the fuel can be anything really,. But it contains other things as well. The presence of oxygen in the air, and you need the presence of heat to start the reactions occurring. As that heat energy evolves a gas, and you mix that with oxygen in theAir, and you introduce an ignition source, my match, then you'll get that chemical reaction occurrint.