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Pouring dry sand over fire helps to contain it. Explain why?

When sand is poured over fire, the supply of air is cut off and the fire stops. When the supporter of combustion is cut off, then the combustion also stops. Hence we say that pouring dry sand over fire helps to contain it.

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