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In reply to the discussion: With fire in the headlines, I suggest you do this NOW! Personal Story [View all]BigmanPigman
(51,582 posts)I was waiting for a pot of oil to get hot and had a candy thermometer in it to check. I left the kitchen for a minute and the fire alarm went off... the pot of oil was on fire..a tube of fire was shooting straight up to the ceiling. There was no way I could put a lid on it due to the thermometer sticking out. I have a fire hydrant (I mean extinguisher) but would have to read the directions. I know not to use water to put oil fires out so I remembered hearing about baking soda one of my cooking shows. I have a box in the fridge and one in the freezer and dumped both on the blaze and it was out.
The fire literally melted my above-stove microwave and I had to repaint the kitchen ceiling hand wall. The stuff in a fire extinguisher is what baking soda contains.