How can fire spread? Isn’t it just a chemical reaction? What about other reactions? Is there a reason they don’t spread?
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To address the “spreading” facet specifically; fire is generally a reaction between a fuel and oxygen, and since oxygen is everywhere, the reaction can spread pretty much indefinitely. Most other chemical reactions you encounter deal with very limited and localized reactants, they’re not being supplied by the atmosphere itself.
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