If fire feeds off of oxygen(O), and there is oxygen in water (H2O), how does water extinguish fire?
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Also, some fires can feed off of water. Your common fire gets extinguished because you need a lot of heat to unbind the hydrogen from the oxigen and the water suffocates the combustion before that happens.
Oil fires burn hotter and they can unbind the elements that form water. The oxigen in water feeds the fire as does hydrogen which is very combustible.
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