hi! i’m new to the books and i’m on a clash of kings right now, got to the battle of the blackwater and davos talks about wildfire. i’m not sure if anyone’s answered my question in the books prior to this point, i couldn’t find it, but how does the wildfire stop if nothing can extinguish it? if not water and not the lack of oxygen, wouldn’t it then turn the whole of blackwater into a giant, flowing pyre? i mean this sounds very stupid obviously, but if it can’t be put out…?

It’s magic. As to why it stops, it seems to stop when it consumes itself as a means of fuel: “once it takes fire, the substance will burn fiercely until it is no more.”

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