▁controlled ▁setting ▁every ▁day . ▁Users ▁of ▁internal ▁comb ust ion ▁vehicles ▁employ ▁fire ▁every ▁time ▁they ▁drive . ▁Th erm al ▁power ▁stations ▁provide ▁electric ity ▁for ▁a ▁large ▁percentage ▁of ▁human ity . ▁ ▁The ▁use ▁of ▁fire ▁in ▁war fare ▁has ▁a ▁long ▁history . ▁Fire ▁was ▁the ▁basis ▁of ▁all ▁early ▁thermal ▁weapons . ▁H omer ▁detailed ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁fire ▁by ▁Greek ▁soldiers ▁who ▁hid ▁in ▁a ▁wooden ▁horse ▁to ▁burn ▁T roy ▁during ▁the ▁Tro jan ▁war . ▁Later ▁the ▁By z antine ▁fleet ▁used ▁Greek ▁fire ▁to ▁attack ▁ships ▁and ▁men . ▁In ▁the ▁First ▁World ▁War , ▁the ▁first ▁modern ▁fl am eth row ers ▁were ▁used ▁by ▁inf antry , ▁and ▁were ▁successfully ▁mounted ▁on ▁arm oured ▁vehicles ▁in ▁the ▁Second ▁World ▁War . ▁In ▁the ▁latter ▁war , ▁inc endi ary ▁bomb s ▁were ▁used ▁by ▁A xis ▁and ▁Al lies ▁al ike , ▁not ably ▁on ▁Tokyo , ▁Rot ter dam , ▁London , ▁Hamburg ▁and , ▁not or iously , ▁at ▁Dresden ; ▁in ▁the ▁latter ▁two ▁cases ▁fir est orm s ▁were ▁deliber ately ▁caused ▁in ▁which ▁a ▁ring ▁of ▁fire ▁surrounding ▁each ▁city ▁was ▁drawn ▁in ward ▁by ▁an ▁upd raft ▁caused ▁by ▁a ▁central ▁cluster ▁of ▁fires . ▁The ▁United ▁States ▁Army ▁Air ▁Force ▁also ▁extens ively ▁used ▁inc endi aries ▁against ▁Japanese ▁targets ▁in ▁the ▁latter ▁months ▁of ▁the ▁war , ▁dev ast ating ▁entire ▁cities ▁constructed ▁primarily ▁of ▁wood ▁and ▁paper ▁houses . ▁The ▁use ▁of