I have been through a couple of Navy shipboard firefighting schools and for my money halogen fire extinguishers are the way to go. Not in a closed area as they can kill you as well as the fire.
I have seen one put out a car fire by spraying the halogen under the front of the car the heat took the halogen up under the hood of the car and put out the engine fire. There was no way you could have gotten the hood open so the fires would have burned the car up. Nothing but a gas fire extinguisher could have done that as quickly and if you used dry chemical you would have had to spray it up under the hood. I do not want to get that close to the fire.
It also has the advantage not having any clean up requirements as it is a gas.
It replaces the oxygen so the fire cannot burn. That is one of the problems with it. It is also one of the Navy does not use them on-board ships anymore.
I would get a 2.5 pound Halogen if you can find it. Halotron is Suppose to be 1/2 as effective in fire fighting but it is still good stuff I have heard of it but I have never personally used it but I have Halogen.
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