Water is not used to extinguish a fire in electric wires. Justify this statement.State a substance that can be used to extinguish a fire in electric wires.
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When a current is switched on through a wire, the wire starts behaving as a magnet. Hence, when a compass needle is placed near the given current carrying wire, it gets influenced by the magnetic effect of electric current and gets deflected from its North-South position.
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