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The traditional answer is that you need a fuel, an oxidizer, and a source of ignition.

In more general terms, something will "burn" if there is a reaction that is sufficiently exothermic (gives off heat) that it can generate hot gasses as a byproduct - hot enough to luminesce - and can sustain that reaction for a prolonged period.

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