When the supply of a fuel is stopped, the fire is put out, and as far as I know, is destroyed. What has no longer any action should be considered as destroyed, for it proves its non-existence and which no longer occupics any space.
नश्यतीत्येव जानामि शान्तमग्निमनिन्धनम्। गतिर्यस्य प्रमाणं वा संस्थानं वा न विद्यते॥