carbon dioxide is used to extinguish fire
gas
Any incombustible gas may extinguish a fire CO2, Nitrogen gas, and so on.
The best tool to extinguish a small gasoline or diesel fire is a portable fire extinguisher.If the fire is small and you have a portable extinguisher, you should attempt to extinguish the fire.If you cannot extinguish the fire and it continues to get larger, get away from the vehicle. There may be toxic fumes and the possibility of an explosion.Never apply water to a gasoline or diesel fire.
The extinguish certain types of fire they would use carbon dioxide (CO2)
with a fire extinguisher
The most common is C02 - Carbon Dioxide, it works by creating a cloud of C02 and thus starving the fire of Oxygen. Some systems use Halon Gas.
It is a Clean fire agent gas based system to extinguish the fire & it is a combination of fire inhibitors & cooling..
LETTER- type of fire it will extinguish NUMBER- capacity. Higher the number, the bigger the fire it can extinguish.
Extinguish
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by foam extinguisher