Merely dashing water on to fuel when it is burning on deck usually only removes the fuel from the deck into the sea, to continue burning there against the sides of the boat.
Ukudibanisa amanzi kunye nepetroli xa kusitsha emgangathweni kudla ngokususa ipetroli emgangthweni iye elwandle, kuqhubeke kusitsha emacaleni esikhephe.