Miss Gold the destroyer

Question: Its pure body is destroyed after it meets Miss Gold. It can get shorter when it gets older but wind will extinguish it. It love to glow. Breath is its foe. What is it?

Question: What tastes better than it smells?

Question: What goes in the water black and comes out red?

Question: What asks but never answers?

Question: To many, I am life's source. I am also its most valuable resource. I create and burn my own precious element, and my destruction will be my punishment. What am I?

Question: I have 6 faces and 21 eyes, but can't see a thing. What am I?