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I'm not talking about the one caused by grease, but the one that occurs spontaneously. A little puff that sends thousands of sparks around.

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I would call it "crackling"...　　　　　 　　　　　

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    I thought crackling was the sound a fire makes.
    – Roaring Fish
    Commented Dec 30, 2014 at 8:20
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Wow... No two dictionaries have the same definitions for this, but you could use flare, or flare-up or "sudden flare". (Or, "little explosion")

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There is quite a bit of scope here for using onomatopoeic words like snap, bang, pop, crack and the like, particularly if you double up the descriptive verbs to make the intended meaning clear:

The bonfire sparked and popped, and the damp logs that lay uppermost began to steam.

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