These campfires seem to think they're much brighter than they actually are. Might be waiting on the improved renderer to fix up lighting issues.

after looking at a fire in the dark, all i could see was the fire no matter where i looked after. (only way to fix was to extinguish the fire)

For me it was pitch black when looking at the fire with the sun at my back but when I looked at the sunset it returned to normal. The sun was just setting on the horizon (dusk)