I watched two tutorials from Andrew Price and I skipped through bits of it and only took what I needed. Then I decided to make a fire but using a plane and making the fire wasn't enough, I knew I had to take it further. So for three days I've been working on this scene, simulating and rendering constantly in order to produce this final piece. I worked extensively and went through several different versions before deciding on this one. I had to have everything on one layer or else it wouldn't render properly but that was the only hiccup.
Here is the final piece:
Now onto making water sprays from a water simulation!