I know there are certain types of fires that, if one uses water on it, will get worse. But as far as I know, firefighters use water tanks and fire hydrants for virtually every fire too large for a fire extinguisher to do the job.
Is it an issue of if the source isn’t large enough or too far away it doesn’t matter? How do they know the kind of fire before reacting to it?
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> as far as I know
Not quite. Depending on the kind of fire firefighters will use the corresponding chemical or fire fighting technique to not worsen the situation.
It is just the case that water is often easily available, transportable, cheap … and can be used in a lot of scenarios, as there are not often building-sized frying pans burning.
SYL
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