A
dangerous scroll that bursts into
flame when read, inflicting moderate
damage upon the (usually unsuspecting) reader. The
cursed version does even more
damage than the
uncursed or
blessed versions. This and the
scroll of amnesia make reading unidentified scrolls hazardous.
The only good use for this scroll I can think of is when you're slowly turning into a green slime after an encounter with those horrible things that didn't go very well. Reading a scroll of fire will cause the slime to burn away. You will still take damage (which may kill you), and unless you drop them first, any flammable objects you are carrying may catch fire and burn. Potions will boil and explode, so drop those too.