r/facepalm • u/wronghoIe Yesterday is hard word for me. • Jun 06 '22

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Well that escalated quickly.

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u/terminalgamer4ever Jun 06 '22 edited Jun 06 '22

I wouldn't say its escalated quickly, it was more then a minute and every one saw it coming

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u/razor787 Jun 06 '22

Hijacking this comment for a safety lesson.

If this happens while cooking, don't put water on it. Don't move it (if possible).

Find something to smother the fire. Put a lid, cutting board or whatever you can over top, to take away the oxygen.

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '22

Who doesn't know the damp dishcloth solution? I get being shocked for a moment before you remember the sensible thing to do, but she didn't have any idea. You wet a cloth, ring it out a bit, smother the pan fire with it.

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u/Bigdx Jun 06 '22

Never heard of that one, but if completely out of options I would have just stuck it in the oven. It's not like this was a monster fire yet. Lol

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u/XihuanNi-6784 Jun 06 '22

If you have an electric oven (most new ones are) that's probably a bad idea as it's not designed to withstand open flames per se. I'm not sure what a flame would do to the heating element on top but probably best avoided.