How fire extinguisher works?
Vigyan Chakrabarti In this article I will tell you a bit about how a fire extinguisher works. Firstly let’s understand why we need a fire extinguisher. The fire extinguisher is used to put out fires. But then why not wait for the fire brigade to come?? That’s because by the time we contact them and they come with the fire extinguishing services the fire would have grown and it would cause more damage. Instead, if we take the fire extinguisher and contain the fire, it will take less time to put out and will also less damage will be caused. Okay, now to understand how a fire extinguisher works. There is a pin in every fire extinguisher to stop it from spraying the propellant. If you want to use it then you have to pull the pin off. Inside the strong steel canister is a tube containing high pressure gas. The handle has a sharp steel pin attached to it. The last element present in the steel canister is the propellant. An important point is that the whole canister is not filled with pr...