One of the ways that fire has a great impact is in governing so much of what happens in the plot of the story. Once they light a big fire atop the mountain they are excited by the prospect and get carried away. Their carelessness leads to the death of the boy with the birthmark.
Ralph sees this signal fire as being vital and wants them to maintain it at all times. When a ship goes past and Jack's hunters have let the fire die in order to go kill a pig, he is irate and the gulf between him and Jack begins to widen. Later on the fire becomes a point of conflict as the hunters need Piggy's specs in order to light a fire so they raid the camp on the beach to get them.
The last big fire is lit by the boys as an attempt to flush Ralph out so they can kill him. he smoke of the conflagration is what brings the naval officer to the island to rescue them.
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