How do YOU start your campfire?

K.Reeve wrote:
umm last fire I helped light, 40 gallons of gas, and a flare gun 500 feet away. fire was so large all towns within 100 miles called our FD to ask if we needed help with the blaze. man what a fun night. buddy was the FD chief and we were burning off a lake clean up pile of trash and logs.

ok, for a little campfire either duraflame log or if the wood is really dry a little bbq starter fluid and build it up to a nice fire that burns all night to sit back and chat with friends over.

You know that you have a good fire when the FD shows up.

There we were enjoying a something like a 30' diameter fire all compacted together by a machine, flames going 40' into the air, & the boys in the red trucks show up.

They dump 2000 imperial gallons onto it, put it out, & went away happy. Two hours later it was burning again, though not with the enthusiasm that it was before.

Four days later, it was finally reduced to ashes.