How To Deal With A Common Kitchen Fire
November 27, 2009 by sunshine
Filed under Articles, Home & Garden
You may have see this video, but for those who have not see it. Watch the show… It’s a real eye-opener!!
You may never realized that a wet dishcloth can be a one size fits all lid to cover (put out a fire in) a deep fat fryer!
This is a dramatic video* (30-second, very short) about how to deal with a common kitchen fire… like oil in a frying pan.
At the Fire Fighting Training school they would demonstrate this with a deep fat fryer set on the fire field. An instructor would put on a fire suit and using an 8 oz cup at the end of a 10 foot pole toss water onto the grease fire. The results got the attention of the students.
The water, being heavier than oil, sinks to the bottom where it instantly becomes superheated. The explosive force of the steam blows the burning oil up and out. On the open field, it became a thirty foot high fireball that resembled a nuclear blast. Inside the confines of a kitchen, the fire ball hits the ceiling and fills the entire room.
Also, do not throw sugar or flour on a grease fire neither. One cup creates the explosive force of two sticks of dynamite. This is a powerful message, watch the video and don’t forget what you see. Tell your whole family and friends about this video. Or better yet, send this video* to them
* this is a zip file
KDE on Mon, 30th Nov 2009 10:27 am
There’s a handy little product out there called StoveTop FireStop which is a fire extinguisher for your cooktop. The beauty of it is that it works automatically when touched by a flame = you don’t have to be in the room to put the fire out. It just magnetizes underneath the venthood.