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Ether is very flammable, and if you were going to light it on fire, although not suggested, you should use something other than a match stick. If you're going to light it on fire, for whatever reason, you should be as far away as humanly possible.

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The ethyl alcohol, or ethanol, will burn. The chemical reaction is:

C2H5OH + 3O2 ---> 2CO2 + 3H2O

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The alcohol burn easily; carbon dioxide and water are formed.

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