By James Pero For Dailymail.com
Published: 23:29 BST, 24 April 2019 | Updated: 23:33 BST, 24 April 2019
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While Samsung may recently be more famous for creating fires (exploding phones, anyone?) one of the company's newer inventions is looking to put them out.
At first glance, the Firevase, as the company has aptly dubbed the device, looks just like any other -- a translucent red tube of PVC with a hollow center compartment to house flowers or other plants.
What separates the vase from other decorative containers according to Samsung, is its ability to save lives.
In the throwable PVC vase's outer chamber is a fire-killing mixture of potassium carbonate that is able to both cool and compress oxygen upon impact.
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With a new product by Samsung, extinguishing a fire just got a lot more stylish -- if your aim is up to par, that is
To activate the extinguisher/vase one need only follow a simple task: point and throw.
In a video demonstrating the Firevase, wielders are shown hurling the eye-pleasing vase directly at a blaze and then, in a mist of glass and water, the fire is extinguished.
According to Samsung, the Firevase looks to tackle issues with more traditional metal extinguishers that has relegated many to closets and other inaccessible locations: aesthetics.
By making the life-safety