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If oil catches fire in a kitchen pan, it is absolutely impossible to extinguish it with water, rescuers from the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation said.
The fire must be extinguished only by those means that absorb oxygen and thereby eliminate the flame, RIA Novosti quotes the instructions of the rescuers.
The first thing to do in case of fire in the kitchen is to turn off the stove. If you have time, it is better to wear mittens so as not to burn your hands with hot oil. After that, it is necessary to cover the pan with a metal lid or an iron pan: without oxygen, the fire will quickly go out.
Also, an oil fire can be covered with soda – it absorbs oxygen. However, soda can only help if the flame is very small. If the apartment has a chemical fire extinguisher, you can use it, but remember that chemicals are dangerous to humans.
Rescuers emphasize that if you try to extinguish the burning oil with water, the fire will turn into an uncontrollable fire. It is also useless to wave at the fire or try to remove the pan from the stove: burning oil can splash and set fire to the entire kitchen. Throwing the fire with products other than soda, such as flour or salt, is also useless.
If the flames still spread through the kitchen, you need to immediately remove everyone from the house and call the firefighters, rescuers add.
Source: Rosbalt
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