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Why should you not use water to put out an oil fire?

Isabella Cook | 2023-06-06 19:15:09 | page views:1529
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Isabella Kim

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Though everyone should know this, here's a lovely slow motion video reminder on what happens when you pour water onto an oil fire in an attempt to put it out: the fire gets even crazier because the water vaporizes into steam which expands causing it to spit out the oil which makes the flames even bigger.May 26, 2015
2023-06-12 19:15:09

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Though everyone should know this, here's a lovely slow motion video reminder on what happens when you pour water onto an oil fire in an attempt to put it out: the fire gets even crazier because the water vaporizes into steam which expands causing it to spit out the oil which makes the flames even bigger.May 26, 2015
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