My life can be measured in hours riddle answer

My life can be measured in hours riddle” is a very interesting riddle to answer. The riddle asks about a thing whose life is measured in hours.

Riddle: “My life can be measured in hours,

I serve by being devoured(of fire); Thin, I am quick. Fat, I am slow.

The wind is my foe.

What am I?”

Answer: The candle.

The candle” is the correct answer to this riddle. As the candle melts down we count the hours and the candle is fat in shape and it moves slow.