Fire

No one can doubt that the discovery of the fire is probably the most important incident of the entire history, and without it, we wouldn’t be who we are, pretty much all the future discovers could not exist, it was the most significant turning point for humanity, but how is that possible?

         The discovery of the fire was probably accidental, it was fundamental for future discovers,for example: our ancestors learned how to cook their food and scare bigger and more dangerous creatures. Thousands of years later, we learned that after certain procedures like heating up certain substances such as metal, we would create more efficient gear, such as weapons and armors, or routine tools, like forks and spoons.

         When the elder great civilizations emerged, in some of them, the fire had a surprisingly importance, like the zoroastrianism, with rituals fully dedicated to fire. even though it is not always directly, the Egyptians and mayans for example, their greatest gods(Rá and Kinich Ahau) where based on the sun.

         However, as we know, fire isn’t just a symbol of peace and prosperity, but also war and destruction, the best example is the discover of gunpowder in China, that was(and is) used on fire weapons that they used to destroy their enemies and protect themselves, preserving the empire.

         And of course, making a link with man using fire, we have the "natural" disasters, in this case, forest burns, that is a foe most of the times and when is intentional, it is usually created for profit(territorial expansion), causing a great environmental impact by destroying entire forests, and for that, we have the firefighters, people that risk their life for the others safety and protection during life-threatening, that is something surprisingly brave.

         But there are also those who are obsessed with it, those called pyromaniacs, people who have a weird obsession on incineration things and other people, this disease is a new discover and there isn’t too much information about it, luckily there are just a few cases of it.

         Nowadays the fire has a huge variety of uses, daily we use it normally for cooking, but it’s also used in many ways in factories or smaller companies, like home forging. But most of the time we don't think about it.

         It is a matter of fact that the fire is for sure something that we can be grateful for, but as it has already mentioned, it can be a huge problem, and it is easy to mention the most recent incidents involving fire: the burning in Australia and in the Amazonia rainforest.

         We for sure should be very grateful for all the events that happened in our history, even the bad ones, because they were exceptional for everything in the present, and the fire is for sure the greatest thing that happened for us.

by Eduardo Quevedo