why are fires produced by burning oil not extinguished by pouring water
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as water is denser than that of oil if u pour water on burning oil it set down and we know that water low BP then oil so it vapourise and comes upward and due to this oil spread in air and terms into a fire cloud
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Water should not be used to putoff fire when burning of petrol because water contains oxygen and oxygen will make the fire more and more continous and brighter and it will be difficult to putoff the fire.
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