Question 18Safety & Environmental - Assistant Engineer

The correct answer is C) harder it is to extinguish. The reasoning behind this is that as an oil fire continues to burn, the fire grows in intensity and the oil continues to heat up. This makes the fire increasingly difficult to extinguish, as the oil becomes more volatile and resistant to suppression efforts. The longer the fire is allowed to burn, the hotter the oil becomes, and the more difficult it is to effectively smother or cool the fire to the point of extinguishment. The other answer choices are incorrect because A) the fire does not become easier to extinguish over time, B) the chance of reignition actually increases as the fire becomes more difficult to extinguish, and D) the fire does not become easier to control as it grows in intensity.