Where the trunk has been damaged on coniferous trees such as Spruce or Pine thick resin starts to leak out. The hardened resin burns very well even in damp conditions once you get it burning.
You can normally pull bits off and store them in your fire lighting kit for later use. Its an excellent backup. In this case the resin is on a log which has been chopped up. Theres a lot of resin which can easily be chopped away with an axe.
Its the volatile terpenes (turpentine to you and me) in the resin which makes it burn so well. But try not to breath in the smoke as it probably isnt that good for you.
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