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Conjuring Fire[]

I believe McGonagall conjured the fire from the torches in the Great Hall,to duel Snape.With that she attacked him and when they ended their duel, she moved her wand and the flames returned to the torches.If you look closely the duel scene you will notice that by the time Snape leaves Hogwarts the flames of the torches have deminished. 85.75.86.152 22:31, August 27, 2011 (UTC)

Effect[]

I was watching the scene, and when Snape made the curse hit the carrows, the spell han't "exploded" like happens on Stupfy for example. The spell was absorbed by their bodies, and I thoght the spell burn all the persons inside organs. What you say? Dobby4ever 14:08, December 16, 2011 (UTC)

It wasn't absorbed by their bodies. You can see sparks on Alecto's chest before she falls to the ground.-- PerryPeverell 09:28, February 1, 2013 (UTC)

Incendio[]

I think that this is the Fire-Making Spell, as it was the fire taken from the torches used to light up the Great Hall. The torch-light was the Fire-Making Spell. --Danniesen 15:45, February 14, 2012 (Denmark)

I think it's really the Blasting curse or commonly known as Confringo. Clearly, when Snape controlled the flame circularly, the flame hit Alecto and Amycus on one side of their chests, knocking them off. And as stated in the Confringo spell section and definition, it states that it blasts everyone in its vicinity, or anyone who's hit with the spell. See? But I won't edit it since I'd just be humiliated with it. xD 

Paulxavierroma (talk) 13:15, March 9, 2015 (UTC)AvadaKedavraUser

What if it is not fire?[]

It does not look like fire to me. No smoke, no scorching of the ground, and the "flames" look more like magical wisps of energy to me. No heat vibrations around the blasts either. Are we really sure it's fire? Does it say so in the script maybe? The sound it makes is also not very fiery to me. But then again, it's magic, maybe magical fire can act differently. Maybe it would only burn a foe it's directly targeted at, although it seems to do something to the Death Eaters behind Snape when he deflects the spell. Lukas Exemplar (talk) 02:57, 30 October 2020 (UTC)

It's an interesting question - here's what the script says:
"Snape moves as if to retrieve his wand. McGonagall steps forward and sends a VOLCANIC BLAST Snape’s way. Pivoting, he parries the spell -- barely -- and sends it RICOCHETING around the room.
CHAOS ensues. Flitwick and the rest of the staff -- inspired by Harry and McGonagall -- leap forth, wands out. Snape, outnumbered, standing at the epicenter, parries spell after spell with astonishing skill deflecting two of the curses into Alecto and Amycus Carrow."
So while it doesn't say fire specifically, the "volcanic blast" hints that it may be fire-related. Thoughts on if "Minerva McGonagall's volcanic blast spell" may be better? Cheers --Ironyak1 (talk) 03:58, 30 October 2020 (UTC)
I just double-checked, and it seems there is some sort of heat distortion after all, unless it's just regular spell effect distortion going on, like magical energy shock wave thingy... The fire still doesn't look like normal fire. It looks a bit more like sunflares on the surface on our sun. There IS however smoke when it hits the Death Eaters at the back! So it is probably fire. It also creates sparks that land on the ground. But still doesn't seem to burn anything. Lukas Exemplar (talk) 05:10, 31 October 2020 (UTC)

Canon[]

I have a feeling the spell should be considered entirely non-canon. It's used non-canonically and isn't mentioned in anything that is. It's probably just even Incendio or a variant of it. Perhaps it does not even require an article. RedWizard98 (talk) 11:16, 3 August 2023 (UTC)

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