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From Anne Marie Helmenstine, Ph.D., About.com

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High-proof alcoholic beverages can be set on fire.Wikipedia Commons
High-proof alcoholic beverages can be set on fire.
Actually, I think these glasses are filled with candle oil and not spirits, since alcohol usually burns with a blue flame. Glasses of burning oil make a beautiful decoration. If you try to duplicate this effect be sure to use heavyweight glass to reduce the chance of the glassware cracking or shattering.

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