1) Open a new document sized 400x400 and a black background. Now click 'Filter' > 'Render' > 'Lens Flare' and enter these settings:
2) Next we click 'Filter' > 'Artisic' > 'Plastic Wrap' and enter these values:
3) Click 'Filter' > 'Disort' > 'Ripple' and enter these values:
4) Click 'Filter' > 'Distort' > 'Twirl' and enter these settings:
5) Now we have the overall base of our Fire Ball, lets add some colour.. hold 'ctrl' and press 'u' - this will bring the hue/saturation window up. Enter these settings:
6) Just to get a better fire effect, duplicate the layer and set the new layer mode to 'overlay' - your result should be:
