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> Metal fires cannot generally be quickly extinguished in an emergency or uncontrolled accident. what happens if you spray a fire extinguisher into a metal fir
by MuffinFlavored 6y ago
> Metal fires cannot generally be quickly extinguished in an emergency or uncontrolled accident.
what happens if you spray a fire extinguisher into a metal fire?
- Wohlf 6y agoAt best nothing, at worst you spread the fire around by moving the burning metal.
- karagenit 6y agoDepends on the type of fire extinguisher really. Most extinguishers work to suffocate the fire (e.g. ABC or CO2 extinguishers), but depending on the type of burning metal the chemical(s) in the extinguisher might react with the metal and make the fire worse. They make special "class D" extinguishers specifically for metal fires, which spray a non-reactive powder (usually graphite dust I think) over the metal to suffocate it.