After reading this, you will be able to make a fire using anything
Do you know how to make a fire with a battery and a chewing gum packet? How about starting a fire with a zip-lock bag? Just how easy is it, when you’re trapped with no supplies, to start a fire without matches? We look at what you need to make a fire, how to build a fire, and 11 interesting ways to start a fire without a lighter.
Fire starting is one of the very basic needs of survival. In fact, it was the first thing I learned when I was a boy scout many years ago. Since then I have trialed a number of ways on how to make a fire, but the fun part isn’t the actual building of the fire, it is knowing how to light a fire, of which there are a number of ways of which some are much easier than others.