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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It should help put the fire out.

Will it help less than cold water? Yeah, a bit less. It won’t cool the burning material quite as much, and it’ll vaporize a bit more readily. But I don’t think you’d notice the difference, 99% of the time, as long as you don’t get any boiling water on yourself.

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