What is the allegorical significance of the phrase "Fire On the Mountains "in the second chapter of the "LORD OF THE FLIES"

The "fire on the mountain" represents creation and destruction. On one hand, fire becomes a tool that the boys can use for cooking food, signal, warmth, security....In the other hand, it also can become a force of destruction. Golding uses animal imagery as an allegory to point out that fire breathes, eats, and moves. The boys unleash this animal and cannot control it.