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I was trying to read up on that a few months ago, we were talking about the deadly gas they'd disperse to extinguish things. Fires, supposedly, or life, if your luck or legs aren't as good as they should be
Yup, that's exactly what Halon does. Displaces air and the fire is put out but so are you as well.
The industry is shifting to less toxic for suppression gases like 3M™ Novec™ 1230.