Why are the fumes from burning stuff *always* bad?

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Is it possible to create a plastic or paper that, if it burns, DOESN’T create toxic choking carcinogenic fumes? Or is there something inherent in oxidization of materials (esp organic ones) that creates byproducts incompatible with life?

I was reading about how toxic the smoke from a house fire is, and wondered if humans could engineer curtains or carpet that perhaps *can* burn — but with smoke that is relatively safe to breath.

i mean obviously it would be better if stuff wasn’t flammable in the first place, but, one thing at a time 🙂

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Was in a house fire and can safely say. The whole contents burning including natural and man made was totally toxic and this problem cannot be solved as even if all made of wood, bamboo, hemp and flax, the fumes are not compatible with life.

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