could have been devastating

Have cooked fish for over 50 years with no problems... Decided to have some fillets and French fries. Cooked as usual on the stove in the kitchen. When I dropped the fries in , the grease overflowed and caught fire...Flames were over 3 feet high...caught the venthood on fire...first reaction was to put water on it...NOT on a grease fire...Did not have the lid out where I could smother it...could not get to it quickly.... I DID have a fire extinguisher handy...My wife and I have argued for years about having one in the open...not hidden out of view.....Had a bunch of clean up. Vent shorted out...OTT everything is ok...Bottom line....no matter how old and experienced you are... Follow simple fire precautions...I was very lucky not to lose my house....

Wow....glad you got it out. Could have been worse for sure

Glad you were able to prevent major damage. Having a fire extinguisher in view is something we all should have no matter how out of place it may look!!!!!

Sorry to hear about your Accident. Glad it wasn't worse than it could have been. Here is a extinguisher everyone should have. Works on every kind of fire with out the mess. Safe for electrical fires also.
Halon Fire Extinguishers | Buy Online
More expensive but worth it in the long run if you have to use it.

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Originally Posted by knightshadow10

Have cooked fish for over 50 years with no problems... Decided to have some fillets and French fries. Cooked as usual on the stove in the kitchen. When I dropped the fries in , the grease overflowed and caught fire...Flames were over 3 feet high...caught the venthood on fire...first reaction was to put water on it...NOT on a grease fire...Did not have the lid out where I could smother it...could not get to it quickly.... I DID have a fire extinguisher handy...My wife and I have argued for years about having one in the open...not hidden out of view.....Had a bunch of clean up. Vent shorted out...OTT everything is ok...Bottom line....no matter how old and experienced you are... Follow simple fire precautions...I was very lucky not to lose my house....

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Know that must have been a tense few minutes. Glad you were able to get out without any more damage.

Yep....Halon is the way to go

Glad all is well. I now EXACTLY how you feel, and it's not a good feeling. We had the same thing happen years ago trying to fry a blooming onion in a pot...grease overflowed, caught fire and spread all over the place, and ruined our vent hood. Were seconds away from calling the fire dept., but we ended up putting it out.

Glad y'all got it taken care of, blessed for sure!!

I'm sure glad to hear everything worked out okay

Glad it was all right. God bless.

That was a close one. Thanks for the heads up. That may prevent it from happening to someone else.
Good link Charlie. Your links tend to cost me money though. I've got an Engel Bait Cooler ordered from Cabelas now. Lol

Thanks for sharing. Which reminds me that I notice the kitchen fire extinguisher is low and the garage one disappeared (to a boat). :yikes

I can vouch for the damage a grease fire can start

Sorry to hear that........I had a neighbor that had the exact same thing happen to her, except they had major kitchen damage. her accident motivated me to buy one of these........Butterball Digital Electric Extra-Large Turkey Fryer, Stainless Steel - Walmart.com I do ALL my frying in it, works really well.

And that hot oil didn't get on you. Can't imagine much worse than getting burned badly. House could be replaced--but glad it wasn't necessary.

And I do most of cooking outside, even if in a electric fryer. keeps smell out of house too. :)