On 13/09/2013 11:57, Martin wrote:
On Fri, 13 Sep 2013 11:37:19 +0100, Martin Brown
wrote:

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Kitchens are incredibly dangerous places too.
Scalding hot liquids, ovens, hot surfaces and sharp knives.

Burning fat pans are a major source of house fires.

One of the fabulous fire brigade safety demos consists of a portable
fire proof trailer laid out inside as a kitchen that they create a chip
pan fire inside and then deliberately provoke it with a pint of water
tipped in on a very long stick. The flashover heat can be felt from 30m
away! Afterwards they put it out with a metal lid the safe way.

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.

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Regards,
Martin Brown