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Using Baking Soda as a Fire Extinguisher


Baking soda (bicarbonate of soda) is effective as a fire extinguisher for grease and electrical fires. When Baking Soda is heated it releases carbon dioxide (just as when dough rises) and produces water. Since carbon dioxide is heavier than air and does not support combustion like oxygen does, it smothers the fire while the water that is formed cools the fire to below the ignition temperature. Unlike any other household chemical, baking soda both cools and smothers a fire.


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