# Extinguishing a Fire with Sound

**URL:** https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/extinguishing-a-fire-with-sound/4191
**Category:** Tracking with Closeups
**Tags:** acoustics, combustion, fire-extinguisher
**Created:** [7 January 2024 15:59 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/extinguishing-a-fire-with-sound/4191 "2024-01-07T15:59:40Z")
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### Author: ![johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/johnwalker/32/17415_2.png) [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)
#### Post date: [7 January 2024 15:59 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/extinguishing-a-fire-with-sound/4191/1 "2024-01-07T15:59:40Z")

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[![](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/uploads/default/original/3X/e/5/e5b58e23a4bcffc163bb3878145f1d26531c173f.jpeg "Using Sound as a Fire Extinguisher") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvnCQg4w4o8)

And you thought those kilowatt subwoofers in “whump-whump” cars were useless!