Chip pan fires at home....
Discussion
A mate of mine put the chip pan on when his kids were small, luckily it had only been on a couple of minutes when one of the kids went into the kitchen and pulled the pan down over them. He heard the clatter of the pan hitting the floor, ran into the kitchen, slipped on the spilt oil and kicked the child in the face as he slid past 
Lesson learnt with only minor face kicking related injuries.
Lesson learnt with only minor face kicking related injuries.
Max_Torque said:
probably the biggest improvement in home fire safety ^^^^
(that and less people smoking........)
- oven chips
- less smoking
- smoke detectors
- more late night takeaways (again reducing the numners of inebriated people cooking late and night)
have reduced the number of fire calls
then they start getting cagey and call on the FBUs rapid response shroud waving teams - as to why the IRMP can;t go as far it is might.
in student times i've also seen some rather impressive flash overs - but that is literally all they are a flash when people put tinned tomatoes into a pan just used for frying bacon or sausages ...
anonymous said:
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Jesus that sounds horrific, when I was a kid I slipped and fell under an urn and had my head, arms and stomach covered in boiling water. Luckily most of it cleared up, apart from a huge scar I now have on my stomach as the water poured onto my jumper and burned that to my skin. Had a chip fan fire at uni but we had fire blankets and also a fire safety seminar when we moved in, so we just smothered it and called 999.
Having come back from holiday once I thought I know I'll try making some fritters like my aunt does. Big pot of oil on an electric hob. It took literally ages to heat up and then all of a sudden caught fire. There must have been some oil or something stuck to the bottom of the pot. Anyway calm and collected I said f
k and st several times and ran to the sink to wet a hand towel to throw it over the pan. The smoke that came off stunk out the whole block of flats. I was not a popular tennant that week.
k and st several times and ran to the sink to wet a hand towel to throw it over the pan. The smoke that came off stunk out the whole block of flats. I was not a popular tennant that week. Knowing is one thing - are you going to remember when/if it actually happens and you turn into a panicky idiot?
Can't say I've ever fried chips, but the overwhelming problem there is having a stove surrounded on all sides - and particularly ABOVE - by flammable things. I hope to god that at very least renting out a space like that is seven kinds of prison-worthy.
Dealing with a fire is a fkton easier when you know it's got nowhere to go.
Can't say I've ever fried chips, but the overwhelming problem there is having a stove surrounded on all sides - and particularly ABOVE - by flammable things. I hope to god that at very least renting out a space like that is seven kinds of prison-worthy.
Dealing with a fire is a f
kton easier when you know it's got nowhere to go.As a student, I put the chip pan on and went to chat in the lounge. A mate looked through the hatch and mentioned it was on fire. Someone said get a soaking tea towel and put it on top. It went well until I put the tea towel over, but missed one corner, tried to flick it over and knocked the pan. A HUGE sheet of flame from floor to ceiling & felt the heat on my face as I launched out of the way - french house mate had the extremely quick thinking to grab the (powder) extinguisher and douse the area. It worked, thank god. Then I had to clean up the sludge.
BristolRich said:
Our neighbours used to use a Chip pan on what seemed like a daily basis and going by the smell they had never bothered to change the oil...geeez the smell 
About 5 years ago I bought my father a deep fat fryer as a birthday present and he used it almost daily for about a year. Now probably once a week. Whenever I went over he would do steak and chips with onion rings (obviously cooking the chips and onion rings in the fryer).
I only found out just after Christmas that he has never changed the oil because he didn't realise you were supposed to!
The fireblanket in the kitchen area at work (pointless as there is two microwaves and a fridge) show the concerned looking man throwing the blanket over the chip pan whilst the gas ring merrily continues to burn underneath.
Pretty sure the first thing they tell you to do is switch off the ignition source.
Pretty sure the first thing they tell you to do is switch off the ignition source.
mph1977 said:
talk to any longer serving trumptonist and they will tell you that
- oven chips
- less smoking
- smoke detectors
- more late night takeaways (again reducing the numners of inebriated people cooking late and night)
have reduced the number of fire calls
...
I asked a "trumptonist" (I like that!) what the most common things he got called out for (central London) and he said it certainly wasn't fires, was probably Shut in Lift.- oven chips
- less smoking
- smoke detectors
- more late night takeaways (again reducing the numners of inebriated people cooking late and night)
have reduced the number of fire calls
...
Pothole said:
My Mum made us chips in a pan on the hob most Mondays for about 20 years. We never had a chip pan fire. These things are generally caused by carelessness and stupidity.
This, my late Grandmother lasted 94 years of using a saucepan and wire basket, over a gas stove, twice a week, and never managed to burn or kill herself. 
What happened was my mum said "Right Wacky, we are going on holiday, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES make any chips or else there will be trouble!!!
After thirteen days I thought,..... It will be OK.... IF I stand near the cooker and don't take my eyes of the fat until it melts.....
Everything was going fine, until a mate rang (To ask if I was going to the pub tonight)...I instinctively went to answer the phone, which was in the hall, completely forgeting about the pan......
Two minutes later, there was a massive explosion, like an atom bomb going off...
, I shouted down the phone to my mate..."Ring the fire brigade for me, the kitchen's blown up".......
Needless to say, the kitchen was destroyed completely, and the thick acrid black smoke had gone right round the bungalow, ruining every ceiling in the house...
This happened way back in 1973, I was very very lucky I got out in one piece, which was more than can be said for the house.......
After thirteen days I thought,..... It will be OK.... IF I stand near the cooker and don't take my eyes of the fat until it melts.....
Everything was going fine, until a mate rang (To ask if I was going to the pub tonight)...I instinctively went to answer the phone, which was in the hall, completely forgeting about the pan......
Two minutes later, there was a massive explosion, like an atom bomb going off...
, I shouted down the phone to my mate..."Ring the fire brigade for me, the kitchen's blown up".......Needless to say, the kitchen was destroyed completely, and the thick acrid black smoke had gone right round the bungalow, ruining every ceiling in the house...
This happened way back in 1973, I was very very lucky I got out in one piece, which was more than can be said for the house.......
Edited by Wacky Racer on Wednesday 4th March 18:12
BuzzBravado said:
samuelellis said:
Got to admit Deep fat fryers scare the hell out of me to the point i cant have one in the house
Me too, plus what actually needs deep fried these days? If i want chips i'll go to the chippy. Scary? Not at all. But then we have an open fire as well. Sometimes I even use power tools unnacompanied by a responsible adult.
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