How to Put Out a Grease Fire
You can use baking soda to put out the fire, the baking soda will absorb into the oil resulting in the fire to gradually decrease until it's all gone. Baking soda isn't a rare shopping item to see most people have, but prey you have it if that time ever comes.
A few ways to prevent this type of disaster from ever happening is to always watch what your cooking and never leave anything you cook unattended as doing so could lead to fatal consequences. Another thing is to make sure nothing like a rag or cloth is near the flame of the stove. This also includes the type of clothes you wear so when cooking never wear clothes that are loose and could easily be caught on fire by reaching over the stove top area. Thats about it if you follow these pieces of advice and don't panic you should be able to overcome a grease fire and come out victorious.
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For anyone who has the bright idea of putting flour on a grease fire, here is a little proof of how utterly wrong this article is:
Flour fuels grease fire at Tucson home
A grease fire damaged a home Friday night on Tucson's south side. Firefighters say the owner was cooking at the house near 36th Street and Campbell Avenue and aggrivated the condition by trying to extinguish the fire with flour.
Use Baking soda, NOT FLOUR!!!!!
We just had a wax fire from a candle. Fortunately it was it our fireplace but the fire was extremely large. It was so hot that the glass doors burst and flames were coming out the sides. I came to the internet to read how to extinguish a wax and flour was the the first thing I read about that I had on hand. A 5lb bag cut the fire in half and did not explode. Fire extinguishers are best....headed to the store to buy several today.
I've been a fortunate on to have thrown flour on the fire and it did not explode. Granted, It was a med sized tubberware bowel filled with it.
NO FLOUR!! Ever hear of a grain silo explosion? Flour dust is highly flammable! Baking soda or the fire extinguisher are the best! For the person that wrote the topic on how to put out grease fires, I hope you don't work for a fire dept!!!!!!
NO FLOUR!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh my gosh, NO!!!!! Have you ever heard of a flour bomb? Throwing flour on a grease fire is almost just as bad as throwing water on it. Smother the fire with a pot lid, or use a fire extinguisher designed for that type of fire (class B, I think?).
By the way, once you've mastered the art of giving correct and SAFE content, you might want to study up on the difference between pray and prey.
Please, for God's sake, NEVER THROW FLOUR ON A GREASE FIRE! FLOUR IS FLAMMABLE AND CAN EITHER BURN OR EXPLODE! If you must throw something on the fire, use BAKING SODA. The most effective solution is to cover the fire with a metal lid; do not use a glass lid, as it may shatter from the heat.
Good info here. I just experienced one less than an hour ago and I am LUCKY it didn't turn into a big one. I did two things correct and made one mistake in retrospect.
Wrong
--I walked the pot to the bathroom. Just lucky I'm in a small studio apartment in this was just 4 steps away. Plus I was cool enough that my hands were steady enough not to splash the oil/fire on me. It was still quite dangerous nevertheless because had I tripped along the way, it possibly could have started and spread the fire on my only exit door.
Correct:
--DID NOT pour water on it. Now that I remember to not do quite well enough.
--Placed placed lid over it. This extinguished the fire as fast as it ignited just moments before
My suggestion: Just as people normally post coupons and other notices on the fridge or other places in the kitchen, you should have a onepage post on WHAT TO DO and WHAT *NOT* TO DO in a grease fire.
Be safe everyone! Thanks for posting this.
i have read that you NEVER throw flour on a grease fire because it is flammable and can explode. i have had luck dumping an entire bag of flour on a grease fire before, since it smothered the flames so fast it didn't have time to explode. after seeing and reading what could have happened, i count myself as a lucky idiot, but at least i'm alive and the house didn't burn down.