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🏠 Fire in Daily Life April 19, 2026 · 9 min read

The Science of a Kitchen Fire: Why Water Makes It Worse

A kitchen fire is a pool of cooking oil sitting a few degrees below its autoignition point. Here's the physics of why water makes it catastrophically worse.