Patent ID: 7896092

Claim:
A device to extinguish a fire produced in a building, the device comprising a spherical hollow body which encloses: a load of a fire-retarding component; an explosive charge which explodes upon activation of a detonator for scattering the fire-retarding component; a plurality of actuators disposed on an inner surface of the spherical hollow body, the plurality of actuators being distributed over a portion of a circumference of the spherical hollow body comprising over one half of a total circumference of the spherical hollow body and connected to the detonator by at least one electrical wire, the actuators actuated by striking the building, wherein at least one of the plurality of actuators activates the detonator upon striking the building and the actuators are adapted to activate the detonator when any of the actuators hits a part of the building; and a timer connected to the detonator for allowing an explosion of the explosive charge to be time-delayed.