water vs fire

The air here was a gray haze. The fires had evidently gone out, exhausted after days of burning. But the thickness of the lingering smoke was almost unbearable. This suggested hot spots still smoldering.
Giving vent to an angry roar, Kong deposited Doc on the ledge and began batting at the eye-socket entrance to his lair with impatient paws. The effort accomplished little.
Soon, Kong clambered in. Doc followed him with his eyes and saw that the interior was a cavernous chamber decorated with scattered calcium stalactites and stalagmites. In places, they met like closing fangs. Further in, there was a dark pool where water had collected.
Going to this, Kong began scooping up great sprays of water, dousing the smoldering remains of two bonfires—the same blazes that had made the hollow orbs of Skull Mountain burn so menacingly before.
This caused the last lingering smoky hot spots to be quenched.


Doc Savage: Skull Island, Chapter 37