What happens if you pour boiling water on a fire?

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What happens if you pour boiling water on a fire?

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The fire is weakened and the water evaporates. Because the boiling water is still water, it still does the job of cutting off oxygen to the fire, and because even boiling water is colder than fire, it still does the job of lowering temperatures, which both weaken a fire.

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