Yes, you can. Just take a magnifiying glass and focus the beam until you see a concentrated beam of light towards the thing you desire to light on fire.
The heat lamp's heat will travel to the holder and it will be damaged, melt, or cause a slight fire!
Sun
No, they do not, but if your home is cold, a small heat lamp may be necessary.
no,not if you have the towel on top of the heat lamp, but if you have the towel underneath it then it is possible
Heat
to start a fire you must have 3 things oxygen heat and fuel.
why does the heat a snake feels from the heat lamp above him
An incandescent bulb can easily produce enough heat to start a fire on a flammable garment that is draped across a table lamp. This is sometimes done on purpose to dry a garment. Sometimes the garment just lands in the right place when you are in a hurry to undress and you just toss them anywhere. The point is incandescent bulbs get pretty hot.
Fire, all fire, every fire consists of 3 things: Heat, Fuel & Oxygen. When all 3 are together in the right mix you have fire, if one or more elements is not sufficient then you cannot have fire. You therefore need as much heat as necessary along with the fuel & oxygen to maintain the fire. The specific answer is that the balance of the 3 must be correct. Quantifying that, however, is a different matter.
electricity, solid fuel, fire(using wood), infrared light, light bulb or heat lamp, gas e.t.c
The three things that are required to start and maintain fire are fuel,heat and oxygen.
Fuel, oxygen and heat or an ignition source are the components needed for a fire.