Fire safety is something we just reviewed here with the installation of our wood burning stove. Then a friend sent this piece to me. Please view this video clip; just copy to your web browser http://www.ranaldofamily.com/SWF/KitchenOilFire.wmv

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, end this to them.

This is a dramatic video (30-second, very short) about how to deal with a common kitchen fire ... oil in a frying pan. Please read the following introduction and 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 a t the end of a 10 foot pole toss water onto the grease fire. The results got the attention of the students.

The water, being heavier than the 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.