Fire Safety Tips | Kitchen Oil Fire

Posted by admin on July 14th, 2010 and filed under fire safety | 10 Comments »

Dramatic 30-second video about how to deal with a common kitchen fire … oil in a frying pan. You probably never realized that a wet dishcloth can be a one size fits all lid to cover a fire in a pan! Or that pouring water on an oil fire WILL have disasterous results!!

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 remember what you see. Tell your whole family about this video. Or better yet, send them the link to it.

Duration : 0:0:35


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10 Responses

  1. jackxjack9 Says:

    wtf
    wtf

  2. miriyaa Says:

    lol?? what lol?? …
    lol?? what lol?? IDIOT!!

  3. cretan981 Says:

    Completely wrong …
    Completely wrong thing to do. Never pour water onto an oil fire. It just oxygenates the fire as this video shows.

  4. XdriftfreakX Says:

    lol this happen to …
    lol this happen to me today but i didnt use the techniques . what i did is turn off the heat, put the frying pan in the sink, and turn on the water.

  5. runmeova9 Says:

    Good job so did i
    Good job so did i

  6. xXLukeTubexX Says:

    i had one 2day and …
    i had one 2day and put it out

  7. AirForcedude5 Says:

    0:23 overexertion …
    0:23 overexertion ftw!

  8. abdullh477 Says:

    hi hodog87.
    Thank …

    hi hodog87.
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  9. jsuddsjr Says:

    At the Fire …
    At the Fire Fighting Training school they demonstrate this with a deep fat fryer set on a 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 water, being heavier than oil, sinks to the bottom where it instantly becomes superheated. The explosive force of the steam blows burning oil up and out. On the open field, it became a 30-foot high fireball that resembled a nuclear blast.

  10. peovao Says:

    Impressionante o …
    Impressionante o VIDEO, muito bem elaborado de facil entendimento.

    Peovão,
    Colider-MT

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