Then he lit a bonfire and burned precious objects. In 1900 it was lit with electric light. The entire path would be lit by torches. They symbolically lit torches and released balloons. Fireworks are lit throughout the night. That evening, they lit a fire and burned their bodies to ashes. Good ventilation is essential especially if a fire will be lit in the shelter. Bonfires were also lit in celebration in Australia. With festal fires the hills were lit! They seem to have only been lit by twilight. Bormann lit the papers and threw them onto the bodies. Her pyre was lit by her husband. Siskel said that she lit up the screen when she was on. She undeniably lit up and overpowered the screen with her presence. They were lit at nightfall to usher in the celebration.