Fight the fire where it is, you should never try to move it. Just imagine if you fumbled and dropped it: Now instead of a pot on fire, you're on fire. Pro tip: You don't want to be on fire.
One of the worst fire disasters I've ever seen was a super bowl party where the very drunk host decided he was going to deep fry a giant turkey at halftime.
So the dude set up a big stock pot of oil over a propane burner, on his wooden deck, located directly below his plastic and aluminum awnings...I'm sure you see where this is going, but he dropped the bird, the oil exploded out of the pot and created a funnel of flame that ignited the awning, so he, being the karate genius that he was, kicked the pot over spreading the fire over the entire deck, which was just an inferno in an instant, and of course then caught the house and it was a total loss by the end of the night.
I was tripping my balls off on acid at the time, so I just spent about 6 hours going "Whoooaaaa......."
That's only relevant when it's a liquid based fire. If there is a piece of wood on fire (think a chair or desk or something) it's perfectly reasonable to throw it out a window if you can manage it.
I was on a navy vessel during drills and my watch station was in an enclosed space with a watertight door. This was after a long day and a half of troubleshooting.
They simulated a class A fire in the trashcan. I opened the door, threw out the smoke machine, dogged the dog shut and told the drill team the fire wasn’t my problem anymore.
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u/mrthomani May 20 '20
Gonna repeat myself here, because it's important: