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Fire needs three things to exist: heat, fuel, and oxygen. Remove one, and the show is over.

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This is the “fire triangle”: remove any one element and combustion stops. Fire suppression works by cooling (water), smothering (foam/CO₂), or removing fuel (firebreaks).

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