That's a misleading slight of hand. You can choke off a "normal" fire with foam and water. Can't do that with a fire that comes with its own oxidizer. From a

That's a misleading slight of hand. You can choke off a "normal" fire with foam and water. Can't do that with a fire that comes with its own oxidizer. From a firefighting perspective, which is what the comment you're responding to is talking about, a battery absolutely is the bigger PITA even if there's less energy release per input. You can knock it down all day and it'll just keep coming right back up.