CoachBurning is what happens when a fuel takes oxygen from the air and gives out heat and light. Chemists call a burning a combustion. During a combustion the fuel and the oxygen are used up, and new substances appear: smoke, ash, carbon dioxide and water vapour.
Examples
Example 5.5 (Lighting a match)
A match head is rubbed on the side of its box. The rubbing heats it enough to start it burning: the heat side of the triangle. The wood of the match is the fuel, and the air brings the oxygen.