Detecting Fire...

lol! now getting back to the discussion seriously...

I've managed to detect it with IR reciever. But the range is limited say 4 inches. Now how can i improve this? i have a brianwave - How bout hacking the Sharp Ir distance sensor? i tried it without hacking and there was no change in the input. But i presume it should be possible as it is supposed to have a good range. Anyone ever tried this?