Class B extinguishers fight Flammable Liquid fires.
The extinguisher classes:
Class A: flammable solids
Class B: flammable liquids
Class C: fires involving electrical equipment. These agents don't conduct electricity. No extinguisher is rated as only for Class C fires; you will find Class B-C and Class A-B-C extinguishers.
Class D: flammable metals
Class K: kitchen fires
Class B is for gas fire
Class C is for electric fire
gasoline and paint thinner
clas b fire consists of
Rubber, wood, paper or plastic
Class B fires are fires in flammable liquids such as gasoline, petroleum oil and paint. Class B fires also include flammable gases such as propane and butane.Class B fires do not include fires involving cooking oils and grease (these are now Class K fires).
No, Class A fires are those fires that occur involving paper and wood Class B= flammable liquids and gases
Flammable oil and gas fires are class B fires, needing a class B extinguisher.
Class B fires are fires whose fuel is flammable or combustible liquid or gas. The US system designates all such fires "Class B". In the European/Australian system, flammable liquids are designated "Class B", while burning gases are separately designated "Class C".
Liquid (oil) fires.
Just use the memory key A is for ash. Anything that leaves an ash is a class A fire. So paper, wood, cloth would all be good examples of class A fires. Class B is liquids such as gasoline or oil. Class C is electrical fires and class D is a special class for metals that burn such as magnesium.
Class B
Class "B"
Class B extinguishers are used for liquid fires, typically gasoline and oil fires. Extinguishers rated ABC will be effective against all three classes, but seldom as effective as a dedicated Class B extinguisher.
General purpose extinguisher, can be used for most fires (except cooking fats)
liquids