The Isle

"If you were listening, I just explained that water cannot get hot enough to become fire," he said. "As it heats, it boils into steam, which gradually dissipates; it cannot burn. And I was referring to a candle being put under an empty pot, one turned upside down. Though I imagine dumping a pot full of soup or the like on a lit candle would also put it out, and much more quickly than a lack of air would."