Which of the listed factors should be considered most important when combating an engine room fire with a fixed Halon 1301 system in a motor vessel?

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The engine will ingest a substantial quantity of the available Halon through its intake and exhaust it out the stack if the engine is not automatically shut down.

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The high engine combustion temperatures liquefy the Halon.

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The engine will absorb the Halon into its cooling system.

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The engine will stall regardless of how little Halon has been taken in through the air intake.

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