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| Thread ID: 150465 | 2022-02-09 04:22:00 | Fire in the house | piroska (17583) | PC World Chat |
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| 1484192 | 2022-02-09 04:22:00 | I did the thing they say never do. Walked away from the frypan. Not long but... Came back in, flames 6 inches high, it was just starting to scorch the back of oven. 30 secs more I would have set fire to the wall. I knew to use a lid to put it out which I did. Didn't burn the pan, it didn't have food in it, just a bit of oil, a tiny bit. Idiot me. Tiny bit of oil would get hot fast. |
piroska (17583) | ||
| 1484193 | 2022-02-09 04:58:00 | yeah got to watch that. i've had it when stuff thats spilt over and then heated up under the element caught fire. a mate had it when the element blew and it blew a hole through the pan, which then drained the oil out and set it alight. thats why i keep a fire extinguisher in the kitchen. |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 1484194 | 2022-02-09 08:00:00 | Best to do what Piroska said. Smothering is best way. Fire extinguishers can spread a stove fire so easily. Ken |
kenj (9738) | ||
| 1484195 | 2022-02-09 18:47:00 | Glad you're OK piroska. | Neil McC (178) | ||
| 1484196 | 2022-02-09 19:07:00 | Yes, well. Getting old, I went to plug ph into charger and forgot I'd turned pan on. Stupid. Should never have walked away from it in first place. I've seen those fire ads so many times..... :-( |
piroska (17583) | ||
| 1484197 | 2022-02-09 21:00:00 | Glad you're ok, it could have been worse I guess. I remember that saying which was going around when those kitchen fire ads came on...... keep lookin' when you're cookin'... | lakewoodlady (103) | ||
| 1484198 | 2022-02-09 21:57:00 | I understand that dumping a bag of salt on the fire will put it out. Not had to try but you could check it on Google. | Bryan (147) | ||
| 1484199 | 2022-02-09 23:37:00 | We had to use a fire blanked one Xmas as the candle had lost hold on the tree and fell on the carpet while we were in the kitchen. When discovered the fire height was above the couch. The blanked we had bought on suggestions from a friend saved us. It is on an easy reach place now. | notechyet (4479) | ||
| 1484200 | 2022-02-10 00:11:00 | Been to heaps of fires. Was a fìreman with Auckland Fire Brigade, 1960-63. Mostly at Avondale Fire Station. Not much glory like the Pitt St Boys but plenty of oven fires, chimney fires and grass/rubbish fires. Stove top fires we used to chuck an old sack on it and drink a cuppa while it cooled down. Oven fires, get your face below the oven door and chuck a handful of Sodium Bicarb in. Leave to cool, have a cuppa. (Head down as most oven fires flare up when you open the door.) Chimney fires, fine mist spray of water on the fire in the hearth. Turns steam and puts out flames from burning soot up the chimney. Not many open fires these days I would think. Grass fires. Bloody hard work with wet sack or broom handle with half a meter of old hose attached. Any further questions :) Don't forget, ring the fire Brigade. They will check everything out. Ken |
kenj (9738) | ||
| 1484201 | 2022-02-10 04:27:00 | Dont drink and fry. Had Navy fire training when I was onboard. You dont run you fight the fire and use water to put out oil fires. |
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