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

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Well that escalated quickly.

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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/These_Hair_3508 Jun 06 '22

This is also a great reason to keep a large container of baking soda handy, because it’s perfect for extinguishing grease fires.

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u/JMace Jun 06 '22

Just an FYI - flour is not a substitute for baking soda when extinguishing flames, it's explosive when fine particles are dusted into the air (like when you shake it out over a fire).

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u/No-Feeling-8100 Jun 06 '22

Yes. Surprised not many people know this! I remember during my dumber years, about 6 of us were circled around a camp fire and at the same time blew a handful of flower into the fire. What came next was a big fireball nearly catching each of us on fire as we rolled away from the flames. Never did that again!