"harry" wrote in message
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Chip pan fires can be relatively easily smothered but are utterly lethal
if you make the mistake of adding water. The Fire Brigade do an
impressive travelling show of how to and how *NOT* to do it.

The latter being far more entertaining to watch.

The best thing for chip pans is a fire blanket.
Does anybody have chip pans these days?

Oven chips have supplanted a deep chip pan - except in the local chippy!

The things to remember with a chip pan fire a

- turn off the heat: surprising how many people forget that in their panic!

- no water: repeat that until you are blue in the face - NO WATER

- do not pick the pan up to take it outside where it can burn itself out: if
you trip in the panic, you'll spread the fat and the fire far and wide; as
you are carrying it, the flames will tend to blow backwards towards you; as
you open the door there could be a gust of wind which will blow the flames
towards you

- cover it with a fire blanket if you have one

- if not, run a towel under the tap and then squeeze it out to leave it
moist but NOT DRIPPING WET

- hold the towel so the edge covers you fingers and lay it with the front
edge of the pan covered first, then the back - you don't want to channel the
flames towards you

- leave it for a long time, even after it looks as if the flames have been
extinguished

- call the fire brigade

- ideally, find a large non-flammable board and lay that over the top to
make sure that all the air is excluded (the damp towel or fire blanket will
do this to some extent but not perfectly)

And if you remember all that while you are panicking, you're probably
superhuman!