Fire-Making Spell

Incendio
Incantation	in-SEN-dee-oh
Type	Conjuration
Effect	Conjures fire

"But Snape parried the curse, knocking Harry backward off his feet before he could complete it; Harry rolled over and scrambled back up again as the huge Death Eater behind him yelled, 'Incendio!' Harry heard an explosive bang and a dancing orange light spilled over all of them: Hagrid's house was on fire."

— Hagrid's hut being set on fire

Incendio is the incantation of a spell that conjures fire.

Known uses

Caster(s)	Dates	Notes
Albus Dumbledore (possibly)	1890s	He may have used this spell in his fourth-year at Hogwarts, "accidentally" setting his bed curtains on fire.
Albus Dumbledore (possibly)	1938	He may have used this spell combined with a Flame-Freezing Charm, to demonstrate his magical ability to eleven-year-old Tom Riddle in a Muggle orphanage. Both were used non-verbally.
Peter Pettigrew (possibly)	24 June, 1995	He may have used this to light a fire under Voldemort's cauldron in the Little Haggleton Graveyard.
Rubeus Hagrid (possibly)	1991	He may have used this spell to light a fire in the grate of the Hut in which the Dursley family and Harry Potter were staying to avoid the barrage of Harry's Hogwarts letters. Vernon Dursley had previously failed in lighting a fire there.
Minerva McGonagall (possibly)	1992	She may have used a nonverbal version of this spell to light a grate in her office before fetching Dumbledore when Harry and Ron smashed into the Whomping Willow.
Tom the innkeeper at the Leaky Cauldron (possibly)	1993	He may have used this to light a fireplace.
Arthur Weasley	1994	He used this spell to start a fire in the Dursley's fireplace, which terrified them.
Alastor Moody (possibly)	1995	He may have used this to burn a piece of parchment used to reveal the location of 12 Grimmauld Place to Harry.
Albus Dumbledore (possibly)	1997	He may have used a variant of this spell to ward off Inferi he and Harry encountered in the Horcrux cave.
Death Eater Thorfinn Rowle	1997	He used this spell to set fire to Rubeus Hagrid's hut.
Hermione Granger	1998	She used this spell to try and destroy the locket of Salazar Slytherin.
Harry Potter	1998	He also used this spell and try to destroy the locket, though without any incantation (non-verbally).

Known practitioners

• Albus Dumbledore (possibly)
• Arthur Weasley
• Bellatrix Lestrange (possibly)
• Colin Creevey
• Filius Flitwick (possibly)
• Fred Weasley
• George Weasley
• Harry Potter
• Hermione Granger
• Neville Longbottom
• Pomona Sprout
• Remus Lupin (possibly)
• Ron Weasley
• Rubeus Hagrid (possibly)
• Thorfinn Rowle

Etymology

• In Latin, "incendo" means "I set fire".
• "Incendio" is the Spanish and Italian word for "fire" (as in "forest fire" or "grass-fire") or "conflagration".
• "Incendio" (pronounced in-cen-DI-u) is also the first person singular of the present of the Spanish and Portuguese verb "incendiar", meaning "to set fire to".

Behind the scenes

• This may be the spell Remus Lupin used on the Hogwarts Express 1993, combined with a Flame-Freezing Charm when the lights went out as he is described as "holding a handful of flames" though it is more likely that he used the charm for Bluebell flames. This may also be the spell he used to relight candles during the Patronus lesson.
• In the video game adaptations of Philosopher's Stone and Chamber of Secrets, Incendio is the Bluebell flames charm Hermione uses in the first book. It is used primarily to wilt dank-loving, threatening plants and burn through spider webs. In the later games it resumes its use as a spell to conjure a small burst of normal fire.
• When Rowle used the spell offensively against Hagrid's hut, it caused an explosion, rather than simply lighting it on fire.
• Incendio is the first known spell to be cast in the series, although magical devices (Albus's Put-Outer), abilities (Animagi) and beings (Hagrid) appeared before.

Appearances

• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Possible appearance)
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film) (Possible appearance)
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Possible appearance)
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film) (Possible appearance)
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (video game)
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Possible appearance)
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
• Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 (DS and iPod/iPad version only)
• Harry Potter: Spells