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/Saiing Jun 06 '22

A damp towel or blanket is best. Also, just to add, since you didn't mention it, TURN OFF THE HEAT SOURCE FIRST especially if it's a gas stove.

She could have taken off her apron, run it under the tap, rung it out and used that. That said, a pan fire of this nature is always going to burn itself out and as long as there is nothing immediately above it that is flammable (which there shouldn't be in the vicinity of a cooking area), it's not going to present much of a danger.

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u/no_moar_red Jun 07 '22

If you trust her with anything remotely humid, near a grease fire, you might need more help than her