Question

why is it important to use/put a wet blanket or big piece of cloth over the head In fire
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Answer:

By covering a fire with a nonflammable blanket you will keep it rom getting oxygen and the fire will go out. If the blanket is flammable you could still put out the fire, but it maybe able to burn through the blanket and flare up again. So why use a wet blanket? Firstly the wet blanket will not burn as easy, so there is a better chance of it not burning through. Even more importantly is that the wet blanket will produce steam, some will escape to the outside, but much of it will stay below the blanket and help extinguish the fire. When a fire heats water it take one BTU to heat one pound of water 1 degree Fahrenheit, but it takes takes 970 BTU’s to go from 211 to 212 degrees and turn that water to steam. So the wet blanket will absorb a lot of heat from the fire.

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