the_dunk_tank
It's the dunk tank.
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Im Stopping the Fire by starting another Fire
That can sometimes work though
oh wow its real
Yeah, we do it a decent amount here, in one way or another
Remember that one dude in Australia who back-burned around his house and ended up the only intact structure for miles during the bad fires a few yeas ago?
Sometimes you also do it in urban environments, though normally you'd just chop down the surrounding houses. It's pretty wild.
High explosives are used to put out oil well fires. Not sure what the theory is there, though.
My guess would be the shockwave disperses the fuel and deprives it of oxygen, like blowing out a really really big candle.
The fire of the oppressed's desire for liberation cannot be starved as long as the oppression continues. The wildfire only finds purchase when it is not given more fuel.
<to the tune of Billy Joel's We Didn't Start The Fire>