Hi! New here...

One of the hint messages said fire is useful to your researchers. How do I get fire into the lab?

Welcome to the forums! Next time, please add "spoilers" into the title so that other people know. (highlight for spoiler) You can't put the fire in the lab, and you don't need to. It helps your researchers anyways. Just as long as the fire is still burning, your researchers will get more tech points. (end of spoiler)

Well, first of all, thanks for not answering my question. Second of all, the "fire for researchers" message is one of the messages that comes up when you start the game, while it's loading, so I don't think spoilers are necessary.

You need to click and drag your mouse starting from (highlight for spoiler) to (end of spoiler) Then the answer will appear.

Oh, I see what you did there. Sorry about that.

I see what you mean in your answer. The hint message made it sound like you specifically had to take it to them.

It's ok.

no, it wasn't really necessary.
In the log files of VV2, we can see that the fire helps and assists the scientists and I think it's the same in VV3 but there is no log files.
In VV2, it's shown by the lighted candles on the research table but there is nothing in the research lab of VV3 to be lighted.
In fact, I don't know, I just suppose and if there is "fire for researchers" message I think it's true!

The log file in VV2 shows the fire assists the researchers by one point at about one-minute intervals. Not very much, I suppose, but better than nothing ... I suspect the fire in VV3 is similar.

The fire's main advantage, of course, is that the villagers are less likely to get sick.