Why does lighting a match supposedly remove unwanted smells?

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A lot of people keep a candle or just some matches in the bathroom to light after a number two. How does that work in order to remove the smell?

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Fire creates convection current. In a closed space, this circulates the air rapidly, dispersing and diluting any airborne particles equally rapidly.

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