grease fires
Oil-fueled kitchen flames
Grease fires are fires fueled by cooking oils or fats, notoriously difficult to extinguish because water causes them to explode and spread.
They require smothering with a lid, baking soda, or a fire extinguisher—never water.
A grease fire destroyed their kitchen.
Figuratively, a grease fire describes any situation that worsens dramatically when addressed with the wrong remedy.
- kitchenFood preparation room
- cooking oilLiquid fat for cooking
- flamesVisible burning combustion
- cookingPreparing food with heat
- oilSlippery viscous fluid
pan · stovetop · smoke · extinguisher · baking soda · flare-up · frying · splatter · burn · smother · lid · stop drop roll · bacon · danger · alarm · heat · combustion · spreading
- fire hazardswildfire, gasoline, matches, lighters, blaze
- Kitchen Dangersburns, cuts, scalding, knife cuts, hot stove
- Kitchen Safetysmoke detector, oven mitts, pot holders, knife safety, burn prevention
- fire safetysmoke detectors, evacuation plan, smoke alarms, sprinklers, assembly point
grease firesfloods
Overflowing onto dry land
electrical fires · drowning · gas fires · forest fires · brush fires
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