Many people find fire as cleansing, but in what way do they find it cleansing?

Question

Many people find fire as cleansing, but in what way do they find it cleansing?

Answer 1

Fire burns away any impurities in nearly all known cases. It just depends on how intense and what temperature.

Fires are naturally a bad thing with good results. Forest fires are the best examples. While destructive it often causes the forest to regrow stronger than the original growth, in addition to supporting the evolutionary process by destroying trees that couldn't handle the heat where-as others may have.

Answer 2

it can be memorising and destructive, but not sure i would describe it as cleansing.

Answer 3

It kills bacteria.

Answer 4

In the 17th century the Great Fire of London burned down the frilthy cramped rat infested houses ridding the city of the plague. That was cleansing!