how to put out a fire that fuels off water?

Question

i dont know

Answer 1

You are probably thinking of grease fires. When you throw water on a grease fire, it causes the fire to worsen. This is not because water is burning. Water is more dense than oil so when you mix the two together, the oil floats on top of the water. When you throw water on the grease fire, the water sinks to the bottom and boils really fast releasing steam. The steam boils up and sling oil everywhere causing it burn more out of control.

As in almost all instances, fire can be easily put out by just shutting off the oxygen supply. Take the lid of the pan and cover it and it will go out in seconds.

Answer 2

The way to put out a fire is 1) to cut off fuel supply, 2) to cut off oxygen or 3) to cool things down.

It is important to use the correct kind of fire extinguisher.

A water-type extinguisher is bad to use for fires involving alkalis--such as sodium and potassium. They don't actually fuel-off water. Water serves to raise temperatures as it reacts to form a hydroxide--the alkalis that are not reacting with water burn by combining with atmoshperic oxygen in the regular way.

Another type of fire that is bad to use water is an oil fire. The burning oil floats on top of the water and speads with the water.

A CO-2 extinguisher puts cold gas that both cools and displaces oxygen. There are other types of extinguishers that do essentially the same thing--halide and carbon tet being two.

Sand will also work, though not so well--both cooling and smothering.

Answer 3

You would need to you something like sand or have an extinguisher with something like CO2 in it to smother it. You can always put out a fire if you can separate it from it's oxygen source. Sand would be the easiest. In fact, if you look at the MSDS of chemicals that are extremely reactive with water, it will tell you to use sand to put out fires of the particular substance.

Answer 4

properly fireplace needs factors to burn warmth, gas, Oxygen, and a Chemical Chain reaction. If any of the 4 factors are taken away then the fireplace will be extinguished. Water can reduce the oxygen it quite is geared up to a fireplace, even though it would not completely reduce the oxygen bypass off. How water extinguishes a fireplace is it takes away the nice and cozy temperature element. even as the water is utilized to the fireplace it varieties steam, because the steam rises it attracts warmth faraway from the fireplace.

Answer 5

I ran into this situation when working with sodium hydrate, which I (stupidly!) rinsed out WITH WATER. I'm now older and wiser, which I'm sure you're very happy to hear.

The best way to put out this fire is with sand or time. Time, meaning you wait until the fire has exhausted its water-fuel, or until whatever's reacting with the water has disappeared.

How did this happen to you? I'm curious.

Answer 6

smother it. putting on non-combustable foam usually works, if you're a fire fighter, but a fire extinguisher or dirt or baking soda should work just as well for a small blaze.

Answer 7

use a chemical fire extinguisher or find something to smother the fire (make sure that it won't catch on fire)

Answer 8

Like sodium in water. You could use carbon dioxide or sand.

Answer 9

cut off oxygen supply

Answer 10

if you are standing next to a plant, just pick it up and dump the soil to smother it.