How do you put out a flame that won’t go out?
I had a candle lit in my room several months ago. I blew at the flame and it did nothing, if not make the flame bigger. I blew harder, and the flame got even bigger. I panicked and tried pouring a little water on it, and the flame went up about 1 foot. I really started panicking, so I grabbed oven mitts, put it in the bathtub, and poured a bucket of water over the candle. The flame went up to the ceiling and the glass around the candle exploded. Just wondering what I should have done to put the flame out, cause obviously what I did wasn’t the safest idea, lol
And does anyone have any ideas of why the candle would do that?
any fire can be extinguished if the oxygen source is removed. therefore, smothering it with a blanket or covering it with a glass or something that would block the ability of oxygen to get to the flame would put it out. if water didn’t work the first time, why would you think water would work in teh bath tub. teh only time a flame would shoot up like that is a grease fire. grease is less dense than water and cannot be extinguished with water. i really doubt that the candle was made of grease but it is possible that the candle was tallow which is animal fat, which contains grease.
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