(wiggles hands) Giant tortoises can fly, if you wish hard enough then your god can literally physically manifest in front of you, and also FFXIV lore is based in 16th-18th century understandings of the world. If oxygen even exists in the world (rather than "wind aether" taking its place as a separate but similar substance), it probably hasn't been discovered yet.
In the world of FFXIV, it has been stated that wind-aspected aether extinguishes fire-aspected aether. For purposes of FFXIV roleplay, that is the rule you have to go by.
In the world of FFXIV, it has been stated that wind-aspected aether extinguishes fire-aspected aether. For purposes of FFXIV roleplay, that is the rule you have to go by.