Reference for Zevachim 182:16

לא קשיא הא רבי יהודה הא ר"ש למימרא דשמואל כר"ש סבירא ליה והאמר שמואל מכבין גחלת של מתכת ברה"ר בשביל שלא יזוקו בה רבים

Moreover, it was taught: The wine of a drink-offering is for the bowls. Yet perhaps it is not so, but rather for the fires? Say, he must not extinguish!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf n. 1.');">²⁶</span> - There is no difficulty: One agrees with R'Judah; the other with R'Simeon.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' These scholars dispute in Shab. ');">²⁷</span> Are we to say that Samuel agrees with R'Simeon? Surely Samuel said: One may extinguish a lump of fiery metal in the street, that it should not harm the public,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Metal does not really burn, but throws off fiery sparks when hot. The prohibition of extinguishing (on the Sabbath, to which this refers) does not apply in this case by Biblical law at all, save by Rabbinical law; hence where general damage may ensue the Rabbis waived their prohibition.');">²⁸</span>

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