I've heard different ways to extinguish chimney fires. Dry chem powder
extinguishers seem to be the most reccomended. Leaves an incredible
mess, though. Better than losing the entire house.

I've wondered if a water mist (garden sprayer) would fill the chimney
with steam, while not severely cooling the chimney.

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I did nearly 30 years ago. The little box stove was very hot.
Then I
started hearing the airflow. It got loud and I cut the air intake
totally
although I wasn't totally sure that I was having a chimney fire.
After a
few minutes it stopped. I didn't call the Fire Dept but probably
should
have. [Neighbors told me flames were shooting up 30 feet and
airplanes
were avoiding the area. :-)]

Laughing ... that's pretty much what I experienced ... saw it myself
.... it
was like 4th of July above my roof. The roaring sound tipped me off,
so I
went outside to look. Luckily, it was raining that night so I didn't
need
to worry about secondary fires.

The bad news was that my ceramic flu liner cracked :(