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var canvas;
var ctx;
var config = {
  sparkFreq: 1,
  meanSparkSize: 0.012,
  meanSparkLife: 200,
  meanSparkVelocity: [ 2, 6 ],
  sparkSizeVariation: 5,
  sparkBlink: 10, // Lower is more blink
  floorHeight: 0.15
};

var resize = window.resize = function() {
  canvas.height = document.body.offsetHeight;
  canvas.width = document.body.offsetWidth;
};

window.onload = function() {
  canvas = document.getElementById('canvas');
  ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
  resize();

config.meanSparkSize = canvas.width*config.meanSparkSize;

var fire = new Fire(ctx, canvas, canvas.height-canvas.height*config.floorHeight, config);

var loop = function() {
    window.requestAnimFrame(loop);
    ctx.clearRect(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
    fire.update();
    for (var i=0; i<config.sparkFreq; i++) {
      fire.spark(Math.random()*canvas.width);
    }
  };

window.requestAnimFrame = function(){
    return window.requestAnimationFrame || 
    window.webkitRequestAnimationFrame || 
    window.mozRequestAnimationFrame ||
    window.oRequestAnimationFrame ||
    window.msRequestAnimationFrame ||
    function(a) { window.setTimeout(a,1E3/60); };
  }();

loop();
};

//////////////////////////////////////////////////
var Fire = function Fire(ctx, canvas, y, config) {
  this.ctx = ctx;
  this.canvas = canvas;
  this.y = y;
  this.r = 255;
  this.config = config;
  this.sparks = [ ];
};
Fire.prototype.spark = function(x) {
  this.sparks.push(new Spark(this.ctx, x, this.y, this.config));
};
Fire.prototype.updateColor = function() {
  this.r += (Math.random()-0.5)*10;
  this.r = Math.round(Math.min(80, Math.max(60, this.r)));
};
Fire.prototype.update = function() {
  this.updateColor();
  this.ctx.beginPath();
  this.ctx.rect(0, this.y, this.canvas.width, this.config.meanSparkSize);
  this.ctx.fillStyle = 'rgba('+this.r+', 0, 0, 1)';
  this.ctx.fill();

for (var i=0; i<this.sparks.length; i++) {
    if (this.sparks[i].update()) { // Spark died
      this.sparks.splice(i, 1);
    }
  }
};

///////////////////////////////////////////////
var Spark = function Spark(ctx, x, y, config) {
  this.ctx = ctx;
  this.pos = [ x, y ];
  this.size = config.meanSparkSize+(Math.random()-0.5)*config.sparkSizeVariation;
  this.v = [
    config.meanSparkVelocity[0]*(Math.random()-0.5),
    -1*config.meanSparkVelocity[1]*Math.random()
  ];
  this.c = [
    Math.floor(Math.random()*155)+100,
    Math.floor(Math.random()*80),
    0
  ];
  this.life = this.lifeOrig = Math.floor(config.meanSparkLife*Math.random());
  this.config = config;
};
Spark.prototype.move = function() {
  for (var i=0; i<2; i++) {
    this.pos[i] += this.v[i]*(1-this.life/this.lifeOrig);
  }
};
Spark.prototype.getAlpha = function() {
  return Math.sqrt(this.life/this.lifeOrig)+((Math.random()-0.5)/this.config.sparkBlink);
};
Spark.prototype.update = function() {
  this.move();
  if (!(this.life--)) { return true; }
  this.ctx.beginPath();
  this.ctx.rect(this.pos[0], this.pos[1], this.size, this.size);
  this.ctx.fillStyle = 'rgba('+this.c[0]+', '+this.c[1]+', '+this.c[2]+', '+this.getAlpha()+')';
  this.ctx.fill();
};

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