Kitchen Fires

These are common on a 'normal' day. They would be more frequent with alternate cooking sources, because more non-electric cooking sources would be used!

How to Put Out Kitchen Fires
https://www.dummies.com/food-drink/cooking/kitchen-safety/how-to-put-out-kitchen-fires/

When a fire starts in the kitchen, you need to act fast to keep the fire from getting out of control. But how you act depends on what kind of fire you have and where it is. Follow these instructions for putting out kitchen fires: ---CONTINUED---

What To Do If Your Oven Catches Fire
https://rethinksurvival.com/what-to-do-if-your-oven-catches-fire/

  Last night I was making two pizzas in the oven like I’d done many times before. When they were done I pulled the oven rack toward me as far as it would go so I could slide the pizzas out easier; I got the first one out no problem, but when I returned to get the second pizza, it was missing. I thought to myself, “Where in the world did the second pizza go!?” Turns out, the second pizza was now sitting atop the oven burner catching on fire and making one heck of a smoke signal!

My guess is the second pizza got stuck to the back of the oven wall and stayed attached as I pulled the oven rack out without me realizing it. Eventually, I fished out the second pizza and still need to clean it out, but that got me to thinking that we ought to remind ourselves what to do should the oven or a pot on the burner ever catch fire…   ---CONTINUED---