Firelighter

Short description: Fuel tablet for fire making

A petroleum-based fire starter for grills, camp fires, stoves or ovens A variety of firelighters on sale in a German supermarket

A firelighter is a small solid fuel tablet for fire making. Firelighters marketed as consumer products may be used to start a wood or coal fire in a fireplace, wood-burning stove, or solid-fuel portable stove.[1]

As a hazardous material, firelighters are assigned a UN number: 2623 ("Firelighters; solid with flammable liquid").

## See also

* Hexamine fuel tablet

## References

1. ↑ "firelighter". Cambridge Dictionary. Cambridge University Press. http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/firelighter. Retrieved 14 June 2012. "(a small block of) material which burns very easily and is used for helping to start wood or coal fires"

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