What burns down a house? The wood it was built with? Or the stuff in it? What really burns it down?

Question

What burns down a house? The wood it was built with? Or the stuff in it? What really burns it down?

Answer 1

Mainly the wood and the smoke.  Smoke catches fire; believe it or not. Try this... light a candle and place it under a spoon with the curve facing downwards. Use the spoon to put out the flame and get a lighter and light the smoke under the spoon. The candle will reignite by way of the smoke.  Also the furniture, curtains and all the other stuff in the house add fuel to the fire. When the temp in the house reach the point of ignition, everything will burn. That's why firefighters put holes in the roofs of burning houses.  It releases the smoke and it lowers the temp inside the house.

Answer 2

same concept as a fireplace, the dry wood burns and continues to burn...with fire or sometimes combustion.

Answer 3

the fire

Answer 4

Well, it sure is not the wood..........after that take a guess....what causes fire...........well fire(pilot lights) human era........bad wiring(human era).........stored gas(human era) or just plain human era......coffee pot....cooking....matches...cigs........... grab a hold here anytime...........you got it.

Answer 5

hehehe...yeah, I'd have to go with fire, too.

Answer 6

It's the combustion created by the presence of oxygen. All the combustible materials used to build the house including what's stored inside contribute to the fire but without oxygen there is no fire. Combustibles just contribute to the speeding-up of burning process.