help with fire

[Neophyte]

I need some help with fire. In my dictionary it has different words and I dont know which one is right

fuego
incendio
lumbre
llama

[Tomisimo]

Good question neo:

fuego - fire in general
incendio - this would be if your house is on fire, or a forest fire (forest fire - incendio forestal)
lumbre - flame or light produced by fire, or fire
llama - flame

also:
fogata - campfire

[Neophyte]

Thanks for the quick response that helps me a lot. :)

[Nix]

I don't know if this goes here, but how would you say coals in Spanish?

[atnbueno]

Mmmm. It would probably be "brasas" or "ascuas", but that can also be wood. According to the RAE (http://www.rae.es/):

Ascua: Pedazo de cualquier materia sólida y combustible que por la acción del fuego se pone incandescente y sin llama.

Brasa: Leña o carbón encendidos, rojos, por total incandescencia.

[Tomisimo]

According to what atnbueno has posted, it would be Ascuas, but I've always heard Brasas. Maybe that because they were always wood coals?

[atnbueno]

"Ascua" is more generic and I've heard/used "brasas" more frequently.