how are electric eels electric in water and not start a fire eh?

Question: how are electric eels electric in water and not start a fire eh?
- Keywords:
  electric eels,
  fire,
  water
Asked by Drake to David on 8 Mar 2018.
- David Howard answered on 8 Mar 2018:
  
  To start a fire you need three basic elements: oxygen, heat and fuel. These are all missing unless somehow you count the eel as a fuel, although I don’t think they burn very easily!

Question: how are electric eels electric in water and not start a fire eh?