What to do if a cooking pot catches fire

If the oil temperature is too high when cooking, it may cause a fire in the pot. If it is done intentionally, it is a method of cooking. If the fire is caused by improper oil temperature, the most important thing is not to panic. You must stay calm at this time, especially for those who do not often go to the kitchen. You must stay calm and use some safer methods to extinguish the fire. Remember not to use water at this time because the specific gravity of oil is light. Let's take a closer look.

1. Asphyxiation

Use a pot lid or a large piece of wet cloth that can cover the pot, and cover the burning oil pot from the body towards the front, so that the burning oil fire cannot come into contact with the air and will be extinguished due to lack of oxygen. The "pot lid fire extinguishing" method is simple and easy, and the oil in the pot is not easily contaminated, so it is relatively safe.

2. Cooling method

If there are chopped vegetables or other raw and cold foods in the kitchen, you can pour them into the pot along the edge of the pot. Use the temperature difference between the vegetables, food and the burning oil to quickly drop the temperature of the burning oil in the pot. When the oil does not reach the auto-ignition point, the fire will automatically extinguish.

3. Remove the firewood from under the cauldron

Simply turn off the gas tank to fundamentally cut off the source of fire.

The above three methods are relatively safe methods. Sometimes people do other things while cooking, or cook improperly, causing the oil temperature to be too high and catch fire. This is very dangerous, but you must remain calm at this time and deal with it using the above methods. To avoid causing unnecessary danger, remember never to use water to extinguish the fire, as that is very dangerous.