Eli5 – does boiling water work as efficiently to put out a fire as cold water or even room temp water?

Question

Or does the molecular structure change in a certain way once heated, and in turn can steam put out a fire.

In: Chemistry

Answer 1

If you were to completely smother the fire, basically no difference.

If you were to drizzle it onto a burner log with embers at a high temperature it would be marginally less effective.