Knowing how to start a fire is one of the most essential survival skills. During blackouts or disasters, it provides warmth, light, cooking ability, and safety. You can create cheap, reliable fire starters from common household materials like cardboard, wax, dryer lint, Vaseline, Q-tips, corks, rubbing alcohol, and hand sanitizer.
Six proven DIY methods include waxed cardboard strips, Vaseline-coated cotton, waxed lint in egg cartons, alcohol-soaked corks, char cloth, and sanitizer-soaked paper.
Keep multiple methods in your home, car, and survival kit—because in a crisis, fire means survival.
Learn 13 ways to start a fire (with no matches or lighter) by watching this video.
