alcohol fires can be put out with water
Recently my wife started yelling "fire, fire" and as I came below she was grabbing the fire extinquisher and heading for the stove. She had accidentally turned on one burner while using another. I stopped her and poured about a quart of water on the stove and the fire immediately went out. The powder from the extinusiher would have made one major mess. Alcohol mixes with water and once it is dilute enough it will not burn. I would guess that you should use about twice as much water as there is alcohol. But with a fire in progress add water until it goes out!!!!! A pressurised alcohol stove can be dangerous but so can gasoline or propane. My son had a major house fire that destroyed the kitchen from a natural gas fire that started in their gas stove!!! In the hands of a child or idiot even a microwave oven can start a fire. A person at my wife's work burned their kitchen by trying to cook food wrapped in aluminum foil in a microwave. The resulting fire did major damage. Children and idiots should never be allowed to play with dangerous objects or substances,especially on a boat.
Recently my wife started yelling "fire, fire" and as I came below she was grabbing the fire extinquisher and heading for the stove. She had accidentally turned on one burner while using another. I stopped her and poured about a quart of water on the stove and the fire immediately went out. The powder from the extinusiher would have made one major mess. Alcohol mixes with water and once it is dilute enough it will not burn. I would guess that you should use about twice as much water as there is alcohol. But with a fire in progress add water until it goes out!!!!! A pressurised alcohol stove can be dangerous but so can gasoline or propane. My son had a major house fire that destroyed the kitchen from a natural gas fire that started in their gas stove!!! In the hands of a child or idiot even a microwave oven can start a fire. A person at my wife's work burned their kitchen by trying to cook food wrapped in aluminum foil in a microwave. The resulting fire did major damage. Children and idiots should never be allowed to play with dangerous objects or substances,especially on a boat.