How to handle a kitchen fire

I got this as an email from my mom and it is very good information. I just had to share it:


"I never realized that a wet dishcloth can be a one size fits all lid to
cover a fire in a pan!

This is a dramatic video (30-second, very short) about how to deal with
a common kitchen fire .. oil in a frying pan. Read the following
introduction, then watch the show ... It's a real eye -opener!!

At the Fire Fighting Training school they would demonstrate this with a
deep fat fryer set on the fire field. An instructor would don a fire
suit and using an 8 oz cup at the end of a10 foot pole toss water onto
the grease fire. The results got the attention of the students.

The water, being heavier than oil, sinks to the bottom where it
instantly becomes superheated. The explosive force of the steam blows
the burning oil up and out. On the open field, it became a thirty foot
high fireball that resembled a nuclear blast. Inside the confines of a
kitchen, the fire ball hits the ceiling and fills the entire room.

Also, do not throw sugar or flour on a grease fire. One cup creates the
explosive force of two sticks of dynamite. This is a powerful
message----watch the video and don't forget what you see. Tell your
whole family about this video. Or better yet, send this to them."