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The sun is not a ball of fire, exactly. It's closer to a big ball of radiation, or radiant energy.
Fire is rapid oxidation of matter. It's a chemical reaction. Smoke is carbon (and other particulate matter) that has not been completely oxidized (burnt).
The sun is a giant nuclear reaction - specifically, nuclear fusion.
This is a very rudimentary explanation that will leave physics students shaking their heads at me, but - here goes:
The pressure at the interior of the sun is so great that it fuses hydrogen.
4 hydrogen get mashed together to form 1 helium. But the mass of the 1 helium is lightly LESS than the mass of the 4 hydrogen. The leftover is "converted" to the energy that grows our plants and burns our skin.
About 600 million tons of hydrogen get converted EVERY SECOND into about 596 million tons of helium. Other 4 millions tons per second become the energy that is radiated and LOOKS a little like fire.

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