can someone explain the science behind why getting fire wet puts it out?

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can someone explain the science behind why getting fire wet puts it out?

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Water suffocates fire. Water is not flammable and putting a layer of it on whatever is burning immediately cuts off the flame’s oxygen supply. It does heat up immediately and turn to steam, but that’s solved by adding more water.

Water doesn’t work on some types of chemical fires.

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