Chip pan fires at home....
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When I was a bit younger, mum worked as a crossing patrol lady at the local school. Each day she would prep the lunch, walk round the corner and escort the kids over the road. I would collect a key, walk on home and let myself in whilst she caught me up.
On the fateful day, Mum had set up for pork chops, veg and chips. Turning the grille on low to start the pork cooking before she left to go to the school. I came home and went upstairs, when I tried to come back down there was a bit of wispy smoke drifting upstairs so went back to my room and shut the door whilst I thought what to do. I tried again a few mins later but it was now thick acrid black smoke. got back to my room again, opened my window and shouted for help. I was rescued by a window cleaner with a ladder.
By this time the fire brigade had arrived, turned out Mum had put the chip pan on not the grille and it had overheated and caught fire, this in turn had set fire to the polystyrene tiles on the kitchen ceiling hence the hideous amount of smoke.
I was eight, it was 1977 and we would be on the front of the Daily Mail these days
and not in a good way (is there a good way to be on the DM?)
(ps Family joke is that now I am 6ft 4 and 16 stone the window cleaner would have trouble lifting me out the window and down his ladder now
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On the fateful day, Mum had set up for pork chops, veg and chips. Turning the grille on low to start the pork cooking before she left to go to the school. I came home and went upstairs, when I tried to come back down there was a bit of wispy smoke drifting upstairs so went back to my room and shut the door whilst I thought what to do. I tried again a few mins later but it was now thick acrid black smoke. got back to my room again, opened my window and shouted for help. I was rescued by a window cleaner with a ladder.
By this time the fire brigade had arrived, turned out Mum had put the chip pan on not the grille and it had overheated and caught fire, this in turn had set fire to the polystyrene tiles on the kitchen ceiling hence the hideous amount of smoke.
I was eight, it was 1977 and we would be on the front of the Daily Mail these days
and not in a good way (is there a good way to be on the DM?)(ps Family joke is that now I am 6ft 4 and 16 stone the window cleaner would have trouble lifting me out the window and down his ladder now
)I was staying at home alone whilst my parents were on holiday, I think it was the first or second time, was around 17 I think.
Decided to cook some popadoms. Needed to heat up a pan of oil before putting them in.
I needed to pop out after, and didn't fancy leaving a pan full of boiling oil on the side with the cats around, so had the brilliant idea to cool it down under the tap.
It was only two or three drops of water, but christ. I dropped the pan into a bowl full of water which made things a lot worse!
Thankfully nothing burnt down, but the house stank for ages.
It took a while for me to tell my parents what had happened, didn't think they would trust me alone again!
Decided to cook some popadoms. Needed to heat up a pan of oil before putting them in.
I needed to pop out after, and didn't fancy leaving a pan full of boiling oil on the side with the cats around, so had the brilliant idea to cool it down under the tap.
It was only two or three drops of water, but christ. I dropped the pan into a bowl full of water which made things a lot worse!
Thankfully nothing burnt down, but the house stank for ages.
It took a while for me to tell my parents what had happened, didn't think they would trust me alone again!
king horrible.Spoke to a good friend of mine this evening, turns out he was leaving work early to go home to his flat, where earlier that evening his senile downstairs neighbour had set some chips on the hob and wandered off. Cue a blazing chip pan, a big fire and smoke damage to my mate's flat. Luckily his mother lives nearby and went to investigate the commotion. She rescued his dog which was trapped in his flat choking on fumes. His flat is OK other than for smoke damage.
How funny that should happen today, as I've not thought of chip pan fires in ages. I don't even own a chip pan but my mam had one when I was growing up and I loved home made chips and onion rings. She used to make me lovely teas: chips, onion rings, sausage, egg and steak. A total heart stopped of a meal.
How funny that should happen today, as I've not thought of chip pan fires in ages. I don't even own a chip pan but my mam had one when I was growing up and I loved home made chips and onion rings. She used to make me lovely teas: chips, onion rings, sausage, egg and steak. A total heart stopped of a meal.
I've seen the remains of chip-pans fires a few times, the first my own. As a catering student of 16, we stumbled back from the Pub with the munchies. Potatoes cut, pan on and forgotten about...well you can all see where this is headed.
The next was fire training at the Dorset Fire Brigade center. They were very blunt and showed us just how fast it could escalate, they weren't joking.
The last sadly involved a death.
I was skippering a motoryacht down in Venezuela, nice marina. I'd just rented 'Titanic' on 2 knock-off VHS videos and had settled down for an evening of TV crap. As tape 1 was just finishing, I noticed flames from nextdoor's boat. It was about 01.00 and dead quiet. The boat next to mine was a Hatteras 48, chunky old boat. The flames were licking out of the side windows and through the aftdeck floor panels. There was no way of entering the main cabin. She was burning hard.
As the boat was burning so hard, next to mine and the one the other side, we decided to cut her loose and tow her out (think how many tons of fuel on 3 large sportsboats). I towed her out with my RIB dinghy and she basically burned down to the waterline.
The local Fire Dept. found out the skipper came home lashed and put a pan on, falling asleep shortly afterwards. Thankfully he never woke as the smoke must have killed him before the fire got to his body.
I didn't see the end of 'Titanic' for a good few years later.
The next was fire training at the Dorset Fire Brigade center. They were very blunt and showed us just how fast it could escalate, they weren't joking.
The last sadly involved a death.
I was skippering a motoryacht down in Venezuela, nice marina. I'd just rented 'Titanic' on 2 knock-off VHS videos and had settled down for an evening of TV crap. As tape 1 was just finishing, I noticed flames from nextdoor's boat. It was about 01.00 and dead quiet. The boat next to mine was a Hatteras 48, chunky old boat. The flames were licking out of the side windows and through the aftdeck floor panels. There was no way of entering the main cabin. She was burning hard.
As the boat was burning so hard, next to mine and the one the other side, we decided to cut her loose and tow her out (think how many tons of fuel on 3 large sportsboats). I towed her out with my RIB dinghy and she basically burned down to the waterline.
The local Fire Dept. found out the skipper came home lashed and put a pan on, falling asleep shortly afterwards. Thankfully he never woke as the smoke must have killed him before the fire got to his body.
I didn't see the end of 'Titanic' for a good few years later.
As an ex-trumptonite the stupidest thing I saw was my breathing apparatus team-mate dealing with a burning chip pan. It was within arms-reach of the back door we'd just kicked in, so he picked it up, turned round and stepped back out of the door. He did a sort of barrel-roll cum pancake-toss with the pan and dumped it upside down on the wet grass.
Thank feck for Nomex, and the hosereel I was holding, the fireball totally engulfed him.
Thank feck for Nomex, and the hosereel I was holding, the fireball totally engulfed him.
Beware candles in glass jars! My sister lit a candle, went off to do something else in the next room and came back to a blazing inferno, which ended up gutting the flat completely.
Apparently the glass likely had a defect and cracked with the heat - letting the hot wax go everywhere and igntite. Lucky she wasn't in the room.
Apparently the glass likely had a defect and cracked with the heat - letting the hot wax go everywhere and igntite. Lucky she wasn't in the room.
Maxf said:
Beware candles in glass jars! My sister lit a candle, went off to do something else in the next room and came back to a blazing inferno, which ended up gutting the flat completely.
Apparently the glass likely had a defect and cracked with the heat - letting the hot wax go everywhere and igntite. Lucky she wasn't in the room.
Also; Tea lights should always have something none-plastic supporting them as the base of the tea light can get very hot and melt through plastics, ETC.Apparently the glass likely had a defect and cracked with the heat - letting the hot wax go everywhere and igntite. Lucky she wasn't in the room.
Even empty jars on a window ledge can cause a fire.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/25/nutella-j...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/25/nutella-j...
Fishtigua said:
Even empty jars on a window ledge can cause a fire.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/25/nutella-j...
LONDON (AP) — London's firefighters say sun rays refracted by a Nutella jar likely caused a house fire.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/25/nutella-j...
The city's fire brigade says investigators believe the glass jar — which had been emptied of the hazelnut spread — had been placed on a window sill and refracted sunlight, setting blinds alight.
According to a statement posted Tuesday by the brigade, the family was not at home but the blaze killed a dog.
Fire investigator Charlie Pugsley said: "It sounds far-fetched that a jar containing a few rubber bands caused a severe house fire but that's exactly what happened."
The fire happened Feb. 15 in southwest London.
IroningMan said:
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Ohhhh, I still like a nice prawn cocktail, but I suppose we will be exiled to the 1970's thread.Tom_C76 said:
I bought one the other day. Not sure breaded camembert is really that council though. I did, however, buy a decent electric one rather than opting for a pan of oil on the hob, and bought a fire blanket to go with it just in case.
Camembert is nicer baked - I'd put the breaded variety on the starters menu alongside the prawn cocktail. Gassing Station | Homes, Gardens and DIY | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff