How do fire extinguishers work?

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Like, I get that they use chemicals or something to stop fires, but how?

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Fires need three basic things. Heat, fuel, and oxygen. Fire extinguishers work by removing one of those three. If even one is removed then the fire dies. Also called the fire triangle.

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