Water cannot be used as fire extinguisher to put out –

Burning wood

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Burning oil

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Burning cloth

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Burning charcoal

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Solution

The correct option is B
Burning oil

As water is heavier than oil, therefore, it slips down permitting the oil to rise to the surface and continue to burn.

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If the clothes of a person working in the kitchen catch fire, then to extinguish the fire :

(a) sand should be thrown over the burning clothes

(b) water should be thrown over the burning clothes

(d) woollen blanket should be used to cover the burning clothes

Why are fires produced by burning oil not extinguished by pouring water ?

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