A very important video

[dalemcginnis]

This was sent to me. A very good demonstration on how to put out a grease fire and what will happen if you try to throw water on it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZGzbd0IvUE

 

[rjwolfe3]

Our Health and Safety guy just showed that video out our annual training at work. Amazing how much the fire spreads by adding the water.

 

[JimB]

On the TV show Myth Busters they were trying to see how high they could get a typical grease fire to flame just by putting water on it. They started the fire in a typical kitchen setting with a medium pan. They added water using amounts of 4 to 8 ounces and got the fire to shoot as high as 35 feet. Imagine that in your kitchen. I think the smallest flame was about 20 feet high.