Why do people fear fire? The big body of Water is called the ocean... Then there is the Earth itself...a giant piece of rock... And then the Air we breathe...the large invisible Air...essential for all life... But a big body of Fire takes that all away... It burns the earth,covering it in flames... It takes the oxygen out the air making it unbreatheable... And the sheer heat makes the water itself evaporate... The most destructive...powerful...most feared element... Fire...