S. Heisley wrote:Another thing that could help is a box of baking soda. Pour that on liberally and it'll usually kill a cooking fire, too.
I have used a fire blanket in earnest on a BBQ fire last year. It worked well. I have 3, in the kitchen, next to the BBQ and in the TD galley.S. Heisley wrote:Here are those fire blankets that I saw. They fold up compact but aren't that big to begin with...roughly 3 feet square.
Made in China but the video shows one working. ...Dunno....
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KP5RD9Y?ta ... =aa_rscomp
MickinOz wrote:S. Heisley wrote:Another thing that could help is a box of baking soda. Pour that on liberally and it'll usually kill a cooking fire, too.
Baking soda is the main ingredient in type BC dry powder extinguishers.
If you can spread it right, a box of it should indeed put out fires.
Do NOT pour water on a grease fire! Since oil and water do not mix, pouring water can cause the oil to splash and spread the fire even worse. In fact, the vaporizing water can also carry grease particles in it, which can also spread the fire.
JuneBug wrote:This has been a really useful thread, so thanks to all who responded.
Here's a friendly reminder, text is cut and paste from the interwebs:Do NOT pour water on a grease fire! Since oil and water do not mix, pouring water can cause the oil to splash and spread the fire even worse. In fact, the vaporizing water can also carry grease particles in it, which can also spread the fire.
My cousin sent me a rather horrifying video of what happens when you pour water onto a skillet when the grease/oil in on fire -- it just explodes. A grease fire on your stove top is where the blanket noted in the post above would come in very handy to smother it and likely be the most effective tool.
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