It will put out burning fluids.
Burning liquids such as gasoline, kerosene, paint, acetone, and so on.
Liquid
Neither a gasoline or electrical fire should be put out by water. A gasoline fire should be put out by a fire extinguisher labeled A B C. An electrical fire should first have the power switched off. Then the fire extinguisher should be used.
A type b extinguisher puts out a class B fire, i.e., flammable/combustible liquids and gases.
Extinguish means "put out", so a fire extinguisher puts out fire.
Yes. Depending on the type of fire and the type of extinguisher, you may simply spread the fire (which is bad enough) or you might actually cause more damage (trying to put out a sodium fire with a water based extinguisher, for example).
Well, you CAN- depending on the type of fire.
a fire extinguisher can put out a fire
No. Depending upon the type of fire, there are other ways. For instance, a brush fire can be put out with dirt or water, but is generally put out by removing the fuel. An electrical fire might be put out by simply turning off the electricity. A fire extinguisher contains water or other chemicals and you can certainly apply water or chemicals to a fire without having them come out of an extinguisher.
yes and it is used in CO2 type fire extinguisher.
Fire extinguisher
d type but they work only on specific metals