What do you do during a grease fire?

Answer 1

Use a dry chemical, which may be in an ABC (or BC) fire extinguisher or in your pantry shelf (baking soda is a dry chemical). You can also attempt to smother a grease fire by covering it with a lid, if you can do so safely, as well as removing it from heat.

Do not use water. It may explode or just spread the fire as grease floats.

Answer 2

The best way to prevent a grease fire is to avoid letting your grease get too hot on a burner, in an oven or other Cooking Equipment. While heating grease, you should keep an eye on it. Don't wander off and leave it sitting; that's a sure way to forget about it and end up with a fire.

If you do have a grease fire, you should be prepared, know ahead of time how to keep it from getting out of control and how to extinguish the fire. Below is a list of do's and don'ts in case of a grease fire:

• If the fire is in the oven, close the door or keep it closed and turn the oven off immediately. Do not open the door! The flames will die out from suffocation if the fire doesn't get oxygen.

• If you have a small grease fire, remove the pan from the burner using an oven mitt and put the lid on the pan immediately to suffocate the flames from lack of oxygen. Turn the burner off!

• To use a fire extinguisher, aim at the base of the fire, not at the flames.

• Never use water to put out a grease fire! Because water repels grease, the fire can spread due to splattering.

• Throw baking soda or salt on the flames; never use flour. Flour can explode or feed the fire.

• Smother the fire by throwing a wet cloth on it.

• Don't swat at a fire with a towel, apron, or other cloth. Doing so can fan the flames and spread the fire.

• If you cannot control the fire or it is spreading, evacuate the house and dial 911 for the fire department.

• Consider safety ahead of time and ensure everyone in your family knows how to get out of the house safely if there's a fire. It's good to have your your fire escape route planned and practiced to be prepared.

Answer 3

Turn off the heat immediately. Carefully place a pan lid over the pan, this will starve the fire - Other ways are soak a cloth towel fully with water, remove all of the water , open the towel and place over the pan - both methods should starve the flame of oxygen DO NOT throw water over the pan, this is very dangerous as is moving the flame filled pan around the area to place it somewhere else.

Answer 4

If my greasy pan catches on the fire,control the fire by covering the pan.Throw some baking soda on the burning oil.Never throw water,it will splatter the oil and spread the fire.

Answer 5

turn the oven off, grab the pan, put it under the sink, turn the tap on.

NO -- frying pan fires are grease fires. Put a pot lid down over the fire to smother the flames.

Answer 6

During a grease fire you should throw flour or baking soda on the fire to smother it. Furthermore do not spread it by throwing water or other liquids on it.

Answer 7

By putting a damp cloth over the fire