Metal fires pose special problems to the fire fighting operations. Water or foam cannot be used as fire extinguishing cause many metals react violently with water even at room temp. Ordinary dry chemical powders are not suitable for fighting metal fires.TERNARY EUTECTIC CHLORIDE is developed, registered & patented by ISRO, Dept. of Space-Govt of India suitable for all Class D fire risk including light metals like Li, Na, Mg, etc and their alloys it may be used even for small oil fires.