How do you animate a burning fuse?

And, more specifically, how do you animate a single vertex into a staircase and then animate the staircase into different size steps?
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Barry E Bryan
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You probably want to look at some tutorials and or hang out on blenderartists.org.

Fuse: Do a google search for fireworks blender that should get you
started. Also do a google search for signature blender for some extra ideas.

#2. Create your finished object. Then use key framing to fold it into a
single vertex, working backwards.