How to Put Out a Kitchen Grease Fire

More kitchen fires occur on Thanksgiving Day than any other day during the year. Do you know what to do if a grease fire breaks out in your kitchen – whether at home or at work?

ABC 2 News reports on the dangers of grease fires. According to this report, it can happen within seconds – your stove can go from a small grease fire in a pan to something like an explosion – “a massive fire ball rolling through your home.”

After the fire starts, you have just a few seconds to make the right decision about how to handle it.

Watch the video below for a demonstration, but here are some top tips from the experts:

1. Don’t move a pan that is on fire. When you move it, you provide more air to the fire. The extra air can cause the fire to come back at you.

2. Don’t put water on a grease fire; that can cause an explosion.

Many people make these these mistakes. Our first reaction is to try to move the burning pan to the sink and put water on it. After all, that is how we usually put out fires! But water is the absolute worst thing you can put on a cooking fire.

The best way to put out a cooking fire? Place a lid or cookie sheet on the fire and then turn off the heat. Be sure not to lift the lid until the pan has cooled, because fresh air may cause the flames to reignite. 

You can also purchase a stovetop fire stop and hang over your stove. When the fames reach the can, the fuse on the bottom of the can is ignited causing the fire stop to dump a powered chemical which puts out the fire. It is like an automatic mini-fire extinguisher. 

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