Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24139784-20131107015933/@comment-24150076-20140203193241

So, it looks like a torch may remain dormant indefinitely, between the time someone lights it for you, and the time you visit that island and it bursts into flame. I lit one of my son's torches on Saturday, and it waited quite patiently until I went to his island today and it burst into flame with 24 hours of remaining burn time. During the time it was dormant, it did show as lit when visiting as a friend, both from my account and from my younger son's account as well, and I was able to light a second torch on his island during that time as well, so the game is only tracking whether you have lit for someone within the last 24 hours, not whether the torch you lit is still burning.