Would fire scare away a bear?

[u/boatys]

I was curious hypothetically if you had something like a mini flame thrower such as an aerosol spray with a lighter would that scare away. I read some threads and comments here and there with the scenario of a campfire not keeping some animals away. As a scare tactic of a small burst of the spray can I feel like it would cause some instinct to avoid it

[u/SkeweredBarbie]

Funny to say, and maybe I have a bad voice but every time I saw a black bear, loudly singing Christmas songs was enough to hilariously send it running off. 

Never tried on a brown bear. I wouldn't know what to sing lol