Iminyango yomlilo isetshenziselwa ngokukhethekile ukuhlukanisa imithombo yomlilo ekwakhiweni kwezindlu. Uma kwenzeka umlilo, abantu bangathola amathuba okuphunyuka ngeminyango yomlilo. Iminyango yomlilo ngokuvamile itholakala ezitebhisini zokuphuma ezivaliwe, amakheshi, imithombo yamapayipi, njll.