With fire in the headlines, I suggest you do this NOW! Personal Story

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Last year I was evacuated for 8 days during the Napa fires, so we are extremely cautious when it comes to fires in my neighborhood. It is crispy, dry, and we should have had rain by now!

But last year, (not during a red flag, and after the rains had started some) I had been grilling some hamburgers on the back patio and suddenly the inside of the grill had caught fire!!! It was a grease fire (this is why you should only use lean hamburger!).

I know that panic feeling, you just want to put it out asap! So I grabbed the closest thing I could find (I knew better than to use water on an oil fire), and that was kitty litter! I keep the spare litter in the garage.

Yes, I had quite a mess when all was said and done, (the litter was clean litter, but still, kitty litter in the grill? Yuck)

It put the fire out immediately, and was worth the cleanup.

Every time the wind picks up, we are all Nervous Nellies at my place. And after hearing about the narrow escapes, and god forbid deaths of people who couldn't escape, we are even more nervous.

Come on Rain! My heart goes out to those who have lost everything. Fires are terrifying.