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How do you put out chemical fire?

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Anonymous

12y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

As with any other fire, you smother it, cool it or remove the fuel or any combination. For small fires that can be dealt with using a portable fire extinguisher, you would use an ABC dry powder or CO2, unless the chemical was known to be reactive to those.

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