On a related note, I once had a character whose home town was burning. Being a responsible and carring member of that community I tried to put out the fire. I found that by doing so I actually helped the fire continue longer than if I had just let it burn. The areas that I put the fire out just turned to normal and would re-catch quite easily especially sence it would often have 2 or more adjoining rooms that were burning and thou I might get one of them out, the others would have restarted the room I had orgininally worked on. Even with 2 people and 6 skins of water between us it was an effort of futility and after about 30 min real time we gave up and let the city burn. Isn't there some way that after you put out the fire out it remains a soggy mess that like a razed area it doesn't relight for a time?