If you need to put out a small kitchen fire in an emergency and have no other way to do it rip the top off a box of baking soda and use the contents to smother the fire. As the baking soda heats it releases CO2 starving the fire of oxygen, the remaining salt also prevents oxygen from reaching the burning material.
Even better, always have a fire extinguisher handy in the kitchen - don’t bury it under the sink or in a closet.
Years ago a friend stole a fire extinguisher from an apartment building as we left, unbeknownst to me.
He started spraying it out the car window after we were on the road. One turn is all it took for him to fall back a fraction enough to spray it inside the car.
Middle of winter, we’re all choking and gagging. Next day I made him be the one to clean all our frozen vomit from my car.
If you need to put out a small kitchen fire in an emergency and have no other way to do it rip the top off a box of baking soda and use the contents to smother the fire. As the baking soda heats it releases CO2 starving the fire of oxygen, the remaining salt also prevents oxygen from reaching the burning material.
Even better, always have a fire extinguisher handy in the kitchen - don’t bury it under the sink or in a closet.
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When it gets old, AFTER you bring home a new one, take the old one outside and practice with it until it’s used up. Educational and fun.
If its a dry powder extinguisher WEAR A MASK if only practicing. A lungfull of the powder will fuck your day right up.
Good point, and fire it downwind!
Years ago a friend stole a fire extinguisher from an apartment building as we left, unbeknownst to me. He started spraying it out the car window after we were on the road. One turn is all it took for him to fall back a fraction enough to spray it inside the car.
Middle of winter, we’re all choking and gagging. Next day I made him be the one to clean all our frozen vomit from my car.
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Not all kitchen fires are on the stove, toasters and toaster ovens are common culprits as well.
Throwing it into an oven that’s turned off and then closing the oven door can help extinguish the flames too