eli5, Water on a grease fire…..

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I know what will happen, but WHY does that happen?

Edit… should have proofed before posting

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When the water hits the oil, it absorbs the heat and rapidly turns into steam. This process isn’t explosive, but it is rapid enough to fling oil everywhere. Now you have a cloud of water vapor and aerosolized oil, which then immediately catches on fire.

Basically water turns to steam fast enough to turn the flaming oil into a cloud of flames.

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