Can hydrochloric acid and digestive enzymes cause a fire?

I am writing a book and have a species of invasive plants which secretes acid to turn plant and animal matter into a kind of fertilizer. Is this acid capable of causing a fire? Or are the countless other chemicals in plants and animals be enough to prevent a fire from starting?

Obviously the latter is the case when it comes to stomach acids, otherwise we would all combust into flames. But that would be an aspect of natural evolution. This is an invasive species and I have never known of a plant species to act in the matter that I am attempting to accomplish.

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