Greek fire is the combustible mixture that was used with the military aims during the medieval times. First it was used by Byzantines during the maritime battles. The exact structure of the Greece fire is unknown.

The fire was always interesting to people and people tried to conquer it and to use it from the first moments they saw it. And it is necessary to say that they really succeeded.

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Salamander is the spirit of the fire and its incarnation according to medieval beliefs and magic. People believed that salamanders were living in any open fire. Very often it was described as the little lizard. Some people even consider salamander to be the special substance of the fire.

The fire is able to destroy everything on its way from forests to live people if it is uncontrolled, but at the same time fire is able to warm, to cook dinner for us, to build things we need for every-day life. But to do that the fire must be controlled and carefully kept.

The fire

The fire is the uncontrolled burning of the things, material and mixtures out of the special place that brings the great material damage, influences people and the objects during the motion, the sources of which are divided into the inner and outer, hidden and not hidden.

The main reason of the fire appearance is careless contact with the fire or the ignoring of the safety measures. The fires may take place everywhere from the transport and forests to the fires in mines and pits.

The results of fire are huge and can have terrible consequences. First of all the fire damages everything that it gets to. It turns everything into the ash except the incombustible materials. It may also kill people that receive the great injuries called burns.

Moreover the fires cause the dense smoke that covers everything and can be the reason of people's death. The fires that appear when people are sleeping are the most dangerous. If it burns slowly, it may cause the poisoning of people's lungs with the smoke it produces, especially if the burning thing is toxic.

The forest fires are not less dangerous because they damage the great areas of forests and animals. In fact it causes the great damages to the animals and plant destroying flora and fauna turning the forests into the deserts.

The fire should be always controlled. People who work to save people and forests from fire are called fire-fighters.