What Does Dreaming of Fire Mean?
Traditional Interpretation
In traditional interpretation (Ibn Sirin, Nabulsi), fire is a two-sided symbol: smokeless, bright fire may point to good news, abundance, power, and blessing, while smoky or scorching fire may point to fear, strife, war, and harm. The nature of the fire and your behavior in the dream (lighting it, putting it out, entering it) can determine the direction of the interpretation.
Psychological View
In the modern psychological approach (Jung), fire can symbolize transformation, purification, and the release of repressed passion or anger. In the Freudian reading, it may point to an inner tension, or to intense desire or destructive drives surfacing from the unconscious.
By Context
For Singles
Seeing a smokeless fire with bright flames may point, for a single person, to marriage with a good spouse or to a blessed union.
For Married People
Seeing a fire burning in the hearth or oven may be interpreted, for a married person, as the spouse's pregnancy and a blessing joining the family.
Putting Out a Fire
Extinguishing a harmful fire may point to strife subsiding and good news; however, some interpretations also read it as the loss of a powerful person.
Sparks or Smoky Fire
Seeing sparks may point to separation, hearing harsh words, or a warning; smoky fire may point to worry and passing hardship.