r/instant_regret
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Extinguishing the oily fire with water.
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u/FishWash Feb 04 '23
The first thing everyone should learn when they start learning to cook is how to put out an oil fire
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u/Creator13 Feb 04 '23 edited Feb 05 '23 •
Serious: you should cut off oxygen supply and heat source. Use something large and metal to cover the pan: a lid, baking tray, that kinda stuff. On induction and ceramic stoves, do move the pan off the stove and onto something non-flammable (move it as little as possible). Those stoves stay hot for a long time.
Plates or glass lids can work too, but those can possibly shatter and injure you (still, probably worth a try if you've nothing better on hand).
Do not use a wet cloth. Also don't prefer a fire blanket, tests show they may catch fire with the temperatures of burning oil. Still a decent option if it's all you have.
Alternatively, use sand, salt or baking soda (sodium carbonate), any kind of mineral powder/granulate. Be ready to use a lot of it: it should cover the entire layer of oil in the pan. Do not use baking powder or flour or sugar, as these aren't minerals and will catch on fire or in the case of flour, literally explode.
Keep the lid on until the pan and the oil have cooled down significantly. If you can, it can help to cool the pan externally. Don't do this when there's still flames shooting out the top because you will get hurt. Placing the entire pan in snow or something will cause the heat to dissipate faster. Again, do not let any water in the pan, or do not let any flames touch the steam of water. Stone is also a good heat sink; if you've got stone tiles it's not a terrible idea to place the pan on them.
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u/bravesirkiwi Feb 04 '23
Emphasis on DO NOT use flour unless you want a bomb in your kitchen
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u/LAMBKING Feb 04 '23
For the same reasons, don't mistake powdered sugar for baking soda either.
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u/filthy_harold Feb 04 '23
How to napalm your kitchen with this one weird trick! Doctors hate it!
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u/econdonetired Feb 05 '23
Yeah non dairy creamer also not a good thing to put a fire out with.
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u/amonarre3 Feb 05 '23
Why wouldn't firefighters hate it?
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u/ReaperTax Feb 05 '23
As a firefighter. There is a very fine line between us and arsonists. We generally love fire. We just also want it out generally.
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u/myemailisat Feb 05 '23
As another firefighter, what you said is true, we wish we arrived 5 more minutes later and the fire was more engulfed, but we also get so amped up and just want to get there to put the fire out, we forget that it benefits us if we take our time. It’s a cat and mouse game we play with fire.
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u/zachsmthsn Feb 05 '23
This is both good safety advice and good baking advice. Thank you
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u/LAMBKING Feb 05 '23
Next time I make something that calls for baking powder/soda, I'm going to substitute powdered sugar, and see what happens.
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u/reckless_commenter Feb 05 '23
For extra safety, take a small sample and send it to a lab for testing. Typical turnaround time is 4-6 weeks, so be sure to request rush processing to get your results in 3-5 business days.
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u/LAMBKING Feb 05 '23
While I cannot recommend licking random white powder you've found in the kitchen, it may be safe to do so this one time.
Bc this is the internet.....please, people, do not lick things of unknown origin.
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u/godfatherinfluxx Feb 05 '23
Ok ok I won't lick random white powders. Is it ok if I snort them to test them out? As a precaution I'll rub some on my gums first as a pretest.
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u/reality_raven Feb 05 '23
I just asked my bf how to put out an oil fire and he said “flour,” and I said he isn’t allowed in kitchen any longer.
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u/PoetryOfLogicalIdeas Feb 05 '23
he isn’t allowed in kitchen any longer.
Sounds like his weaponized incompetence worked out well for him.
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u/IllIIIlIllIlIIlIllI Feb 05 '23
No it’s because idiots keep telling people to use baking soda to put out fires.
The average person isn’t going to care why baking soda can sometimes put out small fires. All they see is “common kitchen ingredients can smother a fire”. So they think they can grab an unlabelled tupperware of powder, and work magic with it.
‘Baking soda puts out fires’ is terrible terrible dangerous advice.
It’s far safer to tell the average person to put a lid on a pot, then remove it from the heat. They can’t explosively fuck that up.
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u/highpriestessshit Feb 04 '23
THIS. I worked at a restaurant and the fryer caught on fire. The cook thought throwing flour on it would put it out (when really he was thinking baking soda) and made a mistake. Needless to say, giant burnt biscuits was NOT the way.
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u/Woodshadow Feb 05 '23
We had a cook throw a tub of shredded cabbage on a raging grease fire... big fireball. The sprinklers went off. The whole mall we were in had to evacuate because the fire alarms went off. They didn't fire him probably because he was our head cook and was the only guy really willing to work 50 hours a week
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u/Hexshf Feb 05 '23 edited Feb 05 '23
The explosiveness of flour is overhyped. Yes, it burns as fine dust in the air, but so does a lost of stuff. If you where to pour it into the air it would absorb it and propably stiff burn, expect if you use a ton until the oil doesn't saturate it anymore or cooled it down enough.
Flour is not as explosive as everyone makes it out to be. The flour explosions wehre in big mills wehre the whole air was mixed with fine flour particles.
Edit: I just tried finding a video to prove my point but I only fould a 13 jear old video of soneone throwing flour an the burning pan from a couple meters away which obviously mixes the flour with air an makes it combust. I also found a TikTok video of soneone putting out the fire by pouring a container of flour directly into the pan witch stopped the fire.
So my theory still stands. I might try to do an experiment with this once I have some free time.
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u/ChefBoyAreWeFucked Feb 05 '23
If you use enough of it and do it quickly enough, you can put out a fire with gasoline.
Doesn't mean it should be your go-to.
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u/SparkleButch13 Feb 04 '23
I once started a grease fire after getting distracted while heating oil for chips. I knew not to add water, and knew to turn off the heat and to smother the flame. I couldn't remember if baking soda or baking powder was recomended, but had a box of fresh (unused) cat litter nearby and i knew the cat litter had baking soda, so i just poured a heck ton of the litter on and it worked! (Tho the house did smell like burned litter for at least a month... id take that over a burned house 🤣)
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u/NRMusicProject Feb 04 '23
Table salt works too.
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u/cjsv7657 Feb 05 '23
If this ever happens to anyone reading an ozone generator will go a long way with getting the smell out. You can rent industrial sized ones and amazon sells smaller ones for things like single rooms and cars.
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u/GraphicDesignMonkey Feb 05 '23
The number one rule is: DON'T PANIC. Be calm and methodical. The fire is contained in the pan, you have time to put it out.
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u/ScoutsOut389 Feb 05 '23
Minor point; induction stoves do not stay hot for any amount of time. I can boil a kettle on mine, turn it off, remove the kettle, and immediately touch the surface and it’s warm but certainly not hot, nor for a long time. They heat through inducted current not radiation so there’s really nothing to heat up.
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u/tapiringaround Feb 05 '23
A lot of people seem to call all glass-top electric stoves induction stoves and don’t understand the difference.
My parents have one of the non-induction ceramic-top stoves and it’s dangerous because it does stay hot for 20-30 minutes or so and you can’t tell unless you know to look for the warning light. Because it’s flat, people have set things on it or even leaned on it when it was still hot, which you probably wouldn’t do on an electric coil or gas range.
Those stoves have to heat the ceramic under the pan in order to heat the pan, so the surface has to be at least as hot as the pan was. Induction only heats the pan so the only heat on the surface is whatever the pan transferred to it and that heat dissipates quickly.
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u/FattyPepperonicci69 Feb 05 '23
I have cats that like to jump on them. I clean the stove right after cooking and put an appropriate sized pot or pan with a bit of water in it on any burner that was used. Prevents animals and humans from injuring themselves.
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u/fugensnot Feb 04 '23 edited Feb 05 '23
We had an oil fire as a result of cooking one day. Not having enough salt or fire extinguisher in hand, we put it on our (tile) floor and were able to put the lid on it. It smothered the fire with no damage to house or home.
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u/Ycx48raQk59F Feb 04 '23
Works literally every time. If the pot is off the heat, not on something that can catch fire (i.e. carpet) and has any kind of non-flammable lit on it (original, cookie tray, pizza stone, whatever, the worst thing that can happen is that the smoke while it cools down will stink up your kitchen / house.
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u/Structure-These Feb 05 '23
What if the kid isn’t an exact fit? I have pot covers but my lids are glass
I was thinking I could put another pan upside down or like you said, a cookie sheet
Just figured I’d ask preemptively if it had an air tight fit
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u/Derigiberble Feb 05 '23
It doesn't have to be an exact fit.
A fire like the one in the OP requires a LOT of air movement to keep going. Some small cracks around the edges wont make a sizable difference, especially because the smoke and hot air will be trying to get through the same cracks.
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u/BoyWonderDownUnder2 Feb 05 '23
On induction and ceramic stoves, do move the pan off the stove and onto something non-flammable. Those stoves stay hot for a long time.
Induction stoves don't heat up at all, they cause the pan to heat up. Most electric stoves are not induction stoves. You can literally just move a pan off the ring on an induction stove and it will turn off.
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u/King-Of-Throwaways Feb 05 '23
use baking soda
Do not use baking powder
I have enough trouble remembering which is which when baking a cake, let alone when my kitchen is on fire.
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u/Kooky_Edge5717 Feb 05 '23
On induction and ceramic stoves, do move the pan off the stove and onto something non-flammable. Those stoves stay hot for a long time.
Huh? I’m pretty sure induction stoves DON’T get hot. That’s kinda one of their best features.
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u/NotaDingo1975 Feb 04 '23
How about putting it in the oven with the door closed (if no lids, pans, plates, sand, etc. Available? Oven turned off obviously.
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u/probablydeadly Feb 05 '23
this works by cutting off the oxygen supply, but it isn’t ideal. moving a burning pan/pot of oil is dangerous because it can spill
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u/whagoluh Feb 05 '23
I go over hospital documents for a living. I have seen 2 "moving hot pot of oil, whoops, suddenly oil on body" patients in the past week or so. If I remember correctly, the first one was just a simple tripping up. In the other one, they were fine until the wind from the open window or door blew the flames into the patient, which made them startle or jump or something, and then... well.
So yeah. Turn off the burner, cover the pot.
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u/cortanakya Feb 05 '23
Happened to my girlfriend. Got startled whilst moving a pan with nearly boiling oil in it. It fell on the floor and the oil coated the back of her right hand. We were doing 3 appointments a week with the burn ward for nearly 6 months. She's got a gnarly scar across her entire right hand now. I think it's awesome but she still beats herself up about it five years later.
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u/Whind_Soull Feb 05 '23
And in a situation like OP, it's also a good option to just carry it outside and set it down gently on the road.
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u/Kitchen_accessories Feb 04 '23
The weirdest goddamn part of restaurant cooking I learned was that a good way to put out an oil fire was to add oil...
Super counterintuitive.
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u/sicklyboy Feb 04 '23
Huh, never heard that before. Is it because the additional oil is lowering the overall temperature of everything below the oil's ignition point?
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u/mantisek_pr Feb 04 '23
Yup that's it
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u/Ycx48raQk59F Feb 04 '23
Not that practical outside of a restaurant setting because most people do not have that large pots / oil containers in their kitchen...
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u/the_fluffy_enpinada Feb 04 '23
Not mention that if your pot is already full you might not get enough oil in there before its over flowing.
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u/82ndGameHead Feb 04 '23
It's why EVERY piece of cookware I've bought always has a lid.
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u/Dizzy8108 Feb 04 '23
We are struggling with my 11 y/o daughters behavior. Always thinks she knows better than us. Won’t listen. She is always trying to cook on her own and we keep telling her she isn’t allowed to. On a Saturday morning a couple weeks ago I found her trying to fry some donuts. I asked her what she would do if the oil caught fire. She said she would just pour water on it. I told her that that would cause the house to burn down. She just rolled her eyes. So I pulled up YouTube and searched for videos just like this one. I proceeded to show her that I was not making it up and I wasn’t just trying to scare her. Her eyes went wide. She admitted that she thought I was lying at first. Unfortunately I continue to catch her trying to cook without supervision. I have tried to have her help me cook so she can learn, but when she is helping she gets bored after a few minutes and walks away. I’m just waiting for her to burn the house down or but a finger off or something.
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u/PessimiStick Feb 05 '23
I have tried to have her help me cook so she can learn, but when she is helping she gets bored after a few minutes and walks away.
Because that's not what she wants to do. Let her cook while you help. She's not going to burn the house down while you're supervising, and she'll be engaged because she's doing the cooking.
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u/TheCyanKnight Feb 05 '23
I have tried to have her help me cook so she can learn, but when she is helping she gets bored after a few minutes and walks away.
So let her be the chef and you help?
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u/lazyamazy Feb 05 '23
This here is an excellent idea. And give her kudos whenever safety is exercised.
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u/DymphnasGuest Feb 05 '23
That sounds rough...Idk whether that's a good idea but maybe you could agree on a handful of simple things she's allowed to cook alone after you've cooked them together a few times? I always found that showing them how to do things right and safely helped more than prohibiting them.
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u/Figgy_Pudding3 Feb 05 '23
Only 11? My kid just turned 8 and I can't imagine this kid flat out disobeying like that, especially something that's obviously in the interest of safety.
So you're say it's not long now? Lol
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u/Ghpelt Feb 05 '23
I have a 17 and 14 year old and never had this problem once. If you don’t give them a reason not to trust you, more than likely they will believe you when you tell them something.
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u/joeyvigil Feb 05 '23
Don't discourage her, let her cook. Adults that cant cook were once 11 year old's whos parents wouldn't let them. I was cooking at that age.
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u/RSCasual Feb 05 '23
Sounds like she needs more agency if she automatically assumes you'd lie to her, maybe someone else in her life has been using lies as a form of teaching? In any case the little chef and big helper idea sounds great for you :)
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u/Adeep187 Feb 04 '23
Imma jus pour this fire in to the sink.
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u/The_Nipple_Tickler Feb 04 '23
"I'll just put this over here with the rest of the fire."
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u/AsterJ Feb 05 '23
The sad part is that I could tell that wasn't the right number because it doesn't fit the jingle.
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u/lickedTators Feb 04 '23
*put it over here to make more fire.
It's more"Japanese streamer with cardboard boxes" and less Moss.
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u/MaybeWontGetBanned Feb 05 '23
I love how people still reference that like 8 years later
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u/RippyTheRazer Feb 04 '23
That would have been better than what they actually did, turn the fire into a steam explosion 😬
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u/Adeep187 Feb 04 '23
I'm not sure thats much better but I guess thats arguable lol. Making it way worse or making it way way worse I guess lol.
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u/eaglebtc Feb 04 '23
NO. This would have melted their pipes. Most drains are PVC. Hot oil would ruin them.
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u/AutomaticRisk3464 Feb 05 '23
Yeah pour the molten oil on fire down your pvc pipes, that wont fuck the house up
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u/BrokenBongs93 Feb 04 '23
Why did she grab the broom lmfao
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u/Firm_Hovercraft_1580 Feb 04 '23 •
To get ready to sweep away all the burnt ashes that was once their house
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u/NotaDingo1975 Feb 04 '23
It might have been a fire safety broom. She might have wanted to sweep her cares away. Brooms are great.
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u/gimlan Feb 04 '23
Why did the filmer run UPSTAIRS?
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u/Charyou-Tree Feb 04 '23
Did any of these people show any signs of having a plan or knowing what to do?
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u/wordsasbombs Feb 04 '23
First weapon she saw to battle the fire with. Thank God there wasn't a gun lying around.
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u/incriminating_words Feb 05 '23
please, this statement is very religiously-insensitive to Americans
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u/The_DonCannoli Feb 05 '23
She ran and tripped and busted her ass. She grabbed the broom to get back up for some reason
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u/MysteriousDebt1020 Feb 04 '23
All you need is a pot lid 😳
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u/im_a_dick_head Feb 04 '23
I know you can't put oil fires out with water but what is the best way to put them out?
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u/Gry_lion Feb 04 '23
Cover them to deprive them of oxygen or baking soda if you have enough around.
Their best move would have been to put the lid on and take it off the heat.
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u/LamontOfNazareth Feb 04 '23
I recommend simply turning the heat off rather than moving the pot. Sloshes happen and are very dangerous with burning oil. Just cover it. Turn all the heat off and step back.
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u/Dutch-CatLady Feb 04 '23
Seriously everyone should have a fire blanket and a fire extinguisher in their kitchen. If the blanket can't handle it, use the extinguisher
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u/Jaivez Feb 04 '23
Make sure you buy the right kind of fire extinguisher for different kinds of fires too. There's a class system for the fuel contributing to the fire.
- Class A for wood/cloth/plastic/general fires
- Class B for liquids/gasses like petrol, paint, alcohol
- Class C for electrical fires like appliances/wiring
- Class D for metallic chemicals
- Class F(EU)/K(US) for grease/oil commonly used in cooking
Water specifically makes class D/F/K fires worse, as you can see in the OP. Just look up that the extinguisher you're buying is meant for where you're going to be storing it and that everyone in the household knows it is used BEFORE you need it, and how often it needs to be checked for maintenance.
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u/filthy_harold Feb 04 '23
An ABC fire extinguisher is what you need in your home, they use mono ammonium phosphate to coat the fire and block out oxygen. They also make special purpose kitchen fire extinguishers that are just baking soda and typically have a wider nozzle to prevent you from splashing burning oil everywhere. The ABC fire extinguishers make an absolute mess, can damage appliances, and are an irritant so the kitchen version is much better as a first line of defense. Any other classes of fire extinguishers are only really needed in commercial settings or if you're doing some crazy science experiments in your backyard shed.
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u/Longballedman Feb 05 '23
Can attest to that. Splashed oil all over my arm and chest and had to clean my entire apartment of that goddamn powder. Smelled for months afterwards.
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u/have_oui_met Feb 04 '23
I just bought a set of fire blankets after reading a reddit comment earlier this week. A two pack on Amazon was $25.
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u/jpritchard Feb 04 '23
I've got my great-grandma's cast iron pans, and my great-grandma's kitchen fire blanket. Thing is fantastic, but every time I move it around I start coughing a lot.
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u/AlextheGreek89 Feb 04 '23
If this isn't a troll, I would check that the blanket is not asbestos you could have serious long term health problems from it if it is.
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u/Dutch-CatLady Feb 04 '23
Good! They're not expensive but it would be smart to keep back ups for replacing if you use one. I have 1 in the kitchen and 2 in the garage. Had to use one once and ordered back ups right away. I don't want to need one and not have it
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u/Creator13 Feb 04 '23
And lids or other metal should always be preferred over a fire blanket! The Netherlands actually regulates that blankets should say they're not to be used for grease fires. Apparently they can still catch on fire more often than desirable.
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u/Bgratz1977 Feb 04 '23
I know you can't put oil fires out with water but what is the best way to put them out?
Lid -> Pot
In case of a Oil-(grill)-fire, have a bucket of sand or salt ready
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u/im_a_dick_head Feb 04 '23
I forgot a lid would do the job, I wish these people got the same advice.
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u/Bgratz1977 Feb 04 '23
My personal tip would be to use a hot plate with temperature settings and a timer. I deep fry much the last 2 years and i had only once overheated oil when i did not use these features
That's my Hot plate, i don't suggest to buy specially this one, but one with the same features. I suggest to look for a model with normal mechanic buttons, these touch buttons are not good if you have splashing cooking food.
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u/Redthemagnificent Feb 04 '23
I bought an induction hotplate kindof like that because it takes 5 years to heat up a cast iron pan on the electric range in my apartment. Man, it's so nice. And yeah having it always on a timer is super handy. I (almost) never burn anything with it
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u/CatteHerder Feb 04 '23
Baking soda, salt. Don't use flour or sugar, both will burn.
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u/RosariaRain Feb 04 '23
I was just about to ask if you could use flour. Glad I saw this comment.
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u/yanquideportado Feb 04 '23
Flour in a suspended cloud is explosive on its own. Look up flour silo explosions on YouTube
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u/CatteHerder Feb 04 '23
Chaff from ANY grain silo is terrifying. See also; wet hay is combustible.
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u/fury420 Feb 04 '23
and not just combustible, hay is capable of spontaneous combustion when at the wrong moisture levels.
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u/whagoluh Feb 05 '23
For those of you who are confused: hay ferments, and bacteria (with the right moisture levels) will digest hay at such a rate that it will reach burning levels. I assume the bacteria would be long dead by then, hoisted by their own petard.
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u/agarwaen117 Feb 04 '23
General rule, if it’s made of a plant, it burns.
If it’s a rock, it doesn’t.
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u/uMustEnterUsername Feb 04 '23
All fires needs 3 things to survive. Oxygen, fuel, heat. Remove any and you will have success. Oil fires such as this only burn on the top because it has direct contact with oxygen source. Dropping water in it cause the water to vapor off thus increase the super heated oils oxygen surface area. Impressive chain reaction ensues
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u/wax_parade Feb 04 '23
Don't touch the pot. Turn heat off. Put a lid on top fully covering, if not perfectly fit then the bigger the better. Move away.
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u/atomicsiren Feb 04 '23
Never throw water on a fat fire. It’ll take your face off.
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u/LordWobblyCockIV Feb 04 '23
What about a THICC fire? So far "dropping it like it's hot" has destroyed 3 of my last apartments. Skinny fires are relatively manageable for what it's worth...
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u/LostCausality Feb 04 '23
If you house is potentially catching on fire, don’t run upstairs.
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u/chrisjcon Feb 04 '23 •
But if they run upstairs and inhale all the smoke, that’s less smoke for their family to inhale.
A true hero.
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u/jesse6225 Feb 04 '23
Honestly, not everyone gets taught stuff like this and don't know how dangerous it can be.
Also the fact that so many households have so many things that can't mixed because of their crazy reactions. I had a coworker make mustard gas by accident and we had to evacuate the whole building.
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u/sdp1981 Feb 04 '23
How do people not know about grease fires by now? They taught me that stuff in 4th grade.
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u/jadegoddess Feb 04 '23
My school never taught me that. I learned about oil fires like a year ago by watching Hell's Kitchen lol. Luckily I never had an oil fire before. I've had paper catch om fire but that is easy to put out.
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u/sdp1981 Feb 04 '23
Yeah they had the fire department come in and teach us stop drop and roll and a few other things. Smokey the bear video too but memory is a bit fuzzy.
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u/THEREALISLAND631 Feb 05 '23
I was definitely taught it in school numerous times. From little things like fireman coming in as you said back in elementary school, to home ec in middle school, than science in high school. Plus my parents went over this numerous times and even boy scouts touched on it. I feel like this is taught but people just don't pay attention or something. I'm blown away every time someone says they were never taught about water on grease fires. I've had friends that went to school with me say we were never taught when we were indeed taught over and over again. I just don't get it.
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u/fantom1979 Feb 04 '23
Do you live without your parents? It is a pretty good idea when you get your own place to do some basic safety self-education. Where the water and gas shutoff is. Where the circuit breakers are. Where to go in your house for a earthquake or tornado. Have a household emergency plan. Where the fire extinguisher is, and what class that extinguisher is. Keep a first aid kit that is easily accessible. Smoke and carbon monoxide detectors that have been tested. This is boring stuff, and some people think it is lame to care, but it can literally save your life. Dying because of ignorance or apathy is a horrible way to go.
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u/jadegoddess Feb 04 '23
No you're right. That's all good stuff to know.
I don't live with my parents anymore. I had a guy come and make sure the smoke detectors work. Not sure if it also is a carbon monoxide detector too. Once I buy my own place, I will definitely make sure I have those. My bf mentioned wanting to get a fire extinguisher and I agree. I don't think there's a gas hookup in our apartment cuz we have an electric stove but multiple first aid kits are under the kitchen sink.
Thanks for the advice. Didn't expect to learn something good on reddit today but you definitely gave me a lot to think about.
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7th grade here. Home economics. Teacher took us outside and made all of us put out a pot of fire by putting a lid on it, protecting our arm and hand with a teatowel. It was the 80's. Getting singed arm hair was a normal part of schooling.
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u/MamaBear4485 Feb 05 '23
Do not move the pan.
Do not turn the range hood on until the fire is out.
Obviously if you have a fire extinguisher and know how to use it, do so. If not:
A. Put the lid, or a baking sheet or a heavy wooden chopping board or a larger 🍳 or 🥘 over it to suffocate it.
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B. If you have a bag or container of salt pour it in quickly.
Then once the flames are out, you can close all adjoining doors, open all of the windows and turn on the range hood.
If it’s a nonstick pan, throw it away. Flakes of the surface coating will be toxic.
If it’s a scrubbable pan, fill it with hot water, add two drops of dishwashing liquid and a measure of dishwasher detergent. Leave it to soak overnight and it should be able to be scrubbed clean. Of course wait until it’s cooled down enough to safely handle it.
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u/FatHighlander Feb 04 '23
Always have a fire extinguisher in a can in the kitchen.
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u/Doghouse21 Feb 04 '23
“What’s cooler than being cool? Ice cold!”
House goes up in flames…
“Alright alright alright alright alright”
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u/Kuipo Feb 04 '23
https://youtube.com/shorts/ME-fh9DxvfQ?feature=share
Remember the basic rule of thumb, if the fire is from a liquid, don’t use a liquid to put it out.
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u/PM-ME-YOUR-HOMELAB Feb 04 '23
After 20 years of internet videos of people pouring water on oil fires it baffles me that people still make this mistake.
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Feb 05 '23
Not everyone is chronically online like we are, she should have learned this in school.
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u/LionsTigersOctopus Feb 04 '23
How does this keep happening? I mean, I know the answer. But, damn people.
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u/The_7th_Schmeckle Feb 04 '23
Props to the girl that grabbed the broom. The next best thing these chick's could have done was make a torch and catch everything else on fire
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u/mrpanicy Feb 04 '23
It's amazing to me that everyone doesn't know not about the different types of fire and how to put them out. I thought that was essential learning in grade school.
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u/smuccione Feb 04 '23
When I was a kid the guy across the street from us (nice guy but about as street dumb as you could get) had an oil fire in his kitchen.
Luckily he came over and got my dad.
My dad just walked over, grabbed it walked to the back deck and just threw it onto the back year.
Note: guy didn’t have a cover big enough for his pan. Nor did he have a fire extinguisher (we did but that would have meant a round trip back to our house).
Afterwards my father told me then guy suggested to my dad that they put it in the sink and run water on it. My dad said he just looked at the guy and didn’t respond.
And that is when I got my first introduction to physics and specifically gravity.
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u/PrismaticSparx Feb 05 '23
Seriously... How do people not know about this yet? I feel like I've been reminded not to throw water on an oil fire every few years, in one form or another, since I was like 8.
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u/FabianVG Feb 04 '23
We have two fire extinguishers made for the kitchen, in the kitchen for this very reason.
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u/totow1217 Feb 04 '23
gotta love almost burning down your house while hey yah is playing in the background.