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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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/firelighter|work=Cambridge Dictionary|title=firelighter|publisher=Cambridge University Press|accessdate=14 June 2012|quote=(a small block of) material which burns very easily and is used for helping to start wood or coal fires}}</ref>
As a hazardous material, firelighters are assigned a UN number: 2623 ("Firelighters; solid with flammable liquid").
==See also== * Hexamine fuel tablet
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