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[Hocus Pocus] How were the witches able to survive being burned in the kiln?

At one point in the movie, we see the witches trapped in a walk-in pottery kiln and set ablaze. Then we even see their spirits(?) waft out of the chimney into the sky. The main characters all think the witches are dead and happily go home. But then somehow, their spirits(?) go back down the chimney and we see the witches escape the kiln. How? And if they could escape, why didn’t they do that before being burned alive?
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Theyre already dead and gone by that point. They're basically just ghosts bound by the black candle to only be on the mortal plane until sunrise. Nothing can harm or kill them except for the new dawn unless they eat the soul of a child.