On 13/09/2013 14:47, Victoria Conlan wrote:
Martin Brown wrote:

Apparently the most common root cause they encounter is drunks come home
hungry from pub put chip pan on and fall asleep in front of TV. Peak
fire damage from chip pan fires is Friday and Saturday nights.

These days health and safety means they have to advise you not to tackle
the blaze yourself but to close all the doors and ring 999.

There is a radio advert that does that exact scenario and gives that
exact advice.

If you are drunk then it is definitely the best thing to do.

We used to have fire training based on torching all the confiscated
spare/waste solvent from lab cupboards after the fire inspection in a
big metal tray 6x12' in the carpark.

The main thing I learnt from it was that unless the fire is tiny and not
electrical water based fire extinguishers are only any use for breaking
down locked doors. I have dry powder and CO2 at home.
(and no chip pan or deep fat fryer)

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Regards,
Martin Brown