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Fire is a chemical reaction and a form of combustion. It generally creates heat and could cause burn injuries. Some lamps used an open flame to provide light similar to candles.
Individuals with extrasensory perception had the ability of spontaneously starting fires. (TOS: "Where No Man Has Gone Before")
Though not named in the episode, this ability is called pyrokinesis.
Fire occurred at the haystacks near the silo of farmer Moore, when it was destroyed by the Klingon courier Klaang by using his disruptor in 2151. (ENT: "Broken Bow")
Signage on the doors aboard the Earth Cargo Service freighter ECS Fortunate instructed to behave during an emergency procedure. In the event of fire, the fire alarm should be activated and the area should be evacuated. The fire control personnel's arrival should be awaited. (ENT: "Fortunate Son")
A house fire killed an unidentified corpse in the Earth movie Appointment with Danger seen by T'Pol in a nightmare in 2153. (ENT: "Impulse")
In early 2368 a fire occurred in the biolab aboard the USS Enterprise-D. Commander Riker and Worf rescued Alexander and two Corvan gilvos. (TNG: "New Ground")
The pre-industrial society of Barkon IV believed that fire was one of the four basic elements of the universe, along with water, sky and rock. By exposing wood to flame, it was believed that the fire in the wood was encouraged to show itself. (TNG: "Thine Own Self")
Fire aboard a starship or space station was normally extinguished by the fire suppression system. (DS9: "The Passenger", "The Forsaken")
Ferengi Grand Nagus Zek described getting older as "The fire dims". (DS9: "The Nagus")
The Bajoran farmer Mullibok kept an open fireplace in his cottage on the Bajoran moon Jerrado. On the outside he built a kiln. After he finished working on the kiln and fired it, Major Kira fulfilled her duty and placed several fires in his cottage. Now, that his house will no longer stand, Mullibok had to leave the moon with her. (DS9: "Progress")
When the crew of Deep Space 9 experienced their imaginations becoming reality, Major Kira Nerys saw a fireball exploding in the lower pylon one. (DS9: "If Wishes Were Horses")
A fire occurred in corridor H-12-A in the habitat ring of Deep Space 9 in 2369, caused by a plasma surge. (DS9: "The Forsaken")
The same year a bomb destroyed the school on Deep Space 9's promenade. A fire damaged the rest of the school before a Bajoran could stop the fire by using a fire extinguisher. (DS9: "In the Hands of the Prophets")
The dragons of Berengaria VII breathed fire. (TOS: "This Side of Paradise"; ENT: "Bound")
In 2371, Robert Picard and his son René died due to a fire at their home in France. (Star Trek Generations)
In an alternate timeline in 2374, Captain Kathryn Janeway suffered third-degree burns from a fire when she entered Deflector Control to activate the navigational deflector. (VOY: "Year of Hell, Part II")
Changelings had the ability to morph into the form of fire. (DS9: "Chimera")
In 2382, Ensign Olly, a Greek demigod with electrical powers she could not control and was attempting to conceal, caused an electrical fire on the USS Reseda, resulting in her being transferred to the USS Cerritos. (LD: "Of Gods and Angles")
In 2399, William T. Riker cooked pizza in a wood-fired oven outside his house on Nepenthe. (PIC: "Nepenthe")
See also[]
- Campfire
- Crest Forest Fire District
- Fire alarm
- Fire alert
- Fire Caves
- Fire escape
- Fire extinguisher
- Firefighter
- Firefighting
- Fireplace
- Fire suppression
- Spontaneous combustion
- Wildfire
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A deleted scene from the Star Trek: Enterprise pilot episode "Broken Bow" featured an alien fire eater on Rigel X, portrayed by professional fire eater Debra Lamb Bailleaux.