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If it is a fire that you can see from the side of the road? It is probably big enough that one can isn't gonna do it (and also understand that fire extinguishers have a lot of chemicals that may not be good for the environment. And that not all forest fires are bad and many actually are healing the forest so that there aren't massive ones). Like, there is a reason that even the "My daddy and his daddy before him were fire fighters" guys are scared shitless of wildfires. They get REAL big REAL fast and they have a tendency to cut people off. Just call the fire department.
And if you somehow spot it while it is still tiny? Just use a jug of water in the back of your car which is a much better thing to carry around anyway.
Prevention is not roleplaying being a hero. Prevention is understanding what you can and can't do and making sure those who can get the information ASAP. And deciding you are whichever Baldwin was in Backdraft and rushing in with a degraded fire extinguisher that will mostly just drip toxic chemicals in the forest ain't it.