If you burn charcoal in a closed room, could a lack of oxygen cause the fire to go out?

Answer 1

Eventually it will go out but if you are in the room with the fire, you would be long dead by then. With a a deficiency of oxygen carbon monoxide is formed but after the atmosphere becomes toxic the fire will continue to burn until the oxygen level falls to about 12-15% when it will go out (air contains about 21% oxygen). 

• oldprof

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  This is the best answer as it recognizes the CO hazard.  That thumbs down has no clue.
  

Answer 2

If the room is air-tight (which is seldom the case in reality) yes, the fire will go out.

Answer 3

Yes.  Fire needs THREE things>   Fuel, Heat and Oxygen.  Take away any one of the three and you have NO Fire.

Answer 4

Yes is the short answer.

Answer 5

Fire needs oxygen to continue to burn. Once all the oxygen is used up the ember will die out. 

Answer 6

I don't think it works that way. It creates carbon monoxide, which is deadly and has killed people in garages.

• Zirp

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  Carbonmonoxide-poisoning is not about lack of oxygen in the air. It's a matter of the carbonmonoxide occupying the red bloodcells and blocking them from picking up the oxygen
  

Answer 7

A tightly sealed room, yes.

Answer 8

Yes.  Eventually the fire will consume all the oxygen in the room and it will go out.