How does a fire extinguisher put out flames?
Triangle Breaker
How does a fire extinguisher put out flames?
A fire needs three things to keep burning: fuel to eat, oxygen to breathe, and heat to keep the reaction going. It's like a triangle — take away even one side and the whole thing collapses. That's exactly what a fire extinguisher does. It attacks the triangle.
Inside a red fire extinguisher canister sits a powder or foam under serious pressure — like a soda bottle that's been shaken for an hour. When you pull the pin and squeeze the handle, you release all that pent-up energy at once. The extinguisher becomes a high-powered spray cannon.
