Classifications of fire and Extinguisher

Generally fire can be classified in four major types which are Type : A, B, C, D, Electrical and F fire.
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Class A fires – flammable solid materials, such as wood, papers, plastics etc.
Class B fires – flammable liquids for example petrol, Diesel, or other flammable liquide
Class C fires – flammable gases like methane or hydrogen
Class D fires – flammable chemicals such as aluminum or potassium
Electrical fires – electrical equipments like generator or computers or electric polls and live electric wires
Class F fires – cooking oils mostly uses in restaurants

Every fire have their different extinguishing method. For Example there is a fire of C class we cannot use the water or Co2 extinguisher, sameway if there is a fire in flammable liquid i.e., petrol, diesel etc we cannot use water extinguisher or wet chemicals extinguisher.

Here you can find in below image that for which type of fire what type of fire extingusher we can use...

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