If fire feeds off of oxygen(O), and there is oxygen in water (H2O), how does water extinguish fire?
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Common Fire is the rapid oxidization of material (fuel) as a chemical reaction of O2 and said fuel. The O in H2O is already strongly bonded to its hydrogen atoms, and will not as easily react.
Water extinguishes fire in two ways. It takes away the oxygen, and it cools down the fuel to the point it will no longer ignote.
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