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breezer
I sincerely hope it never happens to any of you, but earlier this evening our cooker grill caught fire (it was the fat in sausages)
Mrs breezer was grilling some sausages, while doing the washing up, next i hear a scream, anyway, the grill is burning away quite merily (not roaring flames but flames that should not be there, and they are getting bigger to say the least)
I turned off the gas, and put the fire blanket in the grill area, expecting flames to go out, yes they died down, but would not go out, then whoof, they atrat getting bigger again, so I ran up here and got my fire extinguisher (CO2)
I also know that you must be VERY carefull with CO2 extinguishers and burning liquids (it will literaly blow the liquid along setting fire to anything else flamable) so I aimed the horn sideways so it filled the grill area with CO2 and yes the flames went out, and stayed out.
Later when it was cool I checked and the reason the flames did not go out was becuse the fat had soaked through the fire blanket and continued to burn.
Mrs breezer later said she would have thrown water in there to put the flames out. NEVER DO THIS
Oh, and yes the fire alarm did go off.
so my question to those who wish to reply is this.
Are you prepared for a small fire?
and do you and your family know what to do incase of fire?
Mrs breezer was grilling some sausages, while doing the washing up, next i hear a scream, anyway, the grill is burning away quite merily (not roaring flames but flames that should not be there, and they are getting bigger to say the least)
I turned off the gas, and put the fire blanket in the grill area, expecting flames to go out, yes they died down, but would not go out, then whoof, they atrat getting bigger again, so I ran up here and got my fire extinguisher (CO2)
I also know that you must be VERY carefull with CO2 extinguishers and burning liquids (it will literaly blow the liquid along setting fire to anything else flamable) so I aimed the horn sideways so it filled the grill area with CO2 and yes the flames went out, and stayed out.
Later when it was cool I checked and the reason the flames did not go out was becuse the fat had soaked through the fire blanket and continued to burn.
Mrs breezer later said she would have thrown water in there to put the flames out. NEVER DO THIS
Oh, and yes the fire alarm did go off.
so my question to those who wish to reply is this.
Are you prepared for a small fire?
and do you and your family know what to do incase of fire?