Kitchen fire warning

Here is some very good and important information about kitchen fires. After you read it, look at the attached video (click on the link at the bottom of this message) for a dramatic demonstration. Turn on the sound.

Kitchen Fire (What to do)


Good stuff to know..
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I never realized that a wet dishcloth can be a one size
fits all lid to cover a fire in a pan!

This is a dramatic video (30-second, very short) about how
to deal with a common kitchen fire ... oil in a frying pan.

Read the following introduction, then watch the show ...
It's a real eye-opener!!

At the Fire Fighting Training School they would demonstrate
this with a deep fat fryer set on the fire field.
An instructor would don 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.
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 about this video.
Or better yet, send this to them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZGzbd0IvUE