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Pyrophobia
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<p>Pyrophobia is a <a href="/facts/Fear/BSzreRdS">fear</a> of <a href="/facts/Fire/M6XwR3am">fire</a>, which can be considered irrational if beyond what is considered normal. This phobia is ancient and primordial, perhaps since humanity's discovery of fire. Usually pertaining to humans' comprehensible reaction to fire itself, the fear of fire by other animals cannot be considered pyrophobic, as they are thought not to understand its purpose beyond general danger. </p>