Kitchen Fires: Part 2: Pan Fires

It has happened to all of us: we are calmly cooking away on the stove when suddenly, items INSIDE the pan catch on fire! What is the first instinct? Perhaps it is to dump water in the pot to put the fire out. Or grab the pot and throw it in the sink! Here are some less risky ways to handle this little snafu!

• Make sure you are using an oven mitt once the pan catches on fire.
• Cut off access to the oxygenated air by sliding a cookie sheet or the lid of the pan over the pan. This keeps the fire from being fed.
• Turn off the heat at the burner
• Leave the covered pan there for a while. Don't move it!
• Once the covered pan has cooled, you will know that the fire is out. At that point, please remove the lid or cookie sheet.

Kitchen Fires: Part 1

Did you know that the most common place for a fire to start is in the kitchen of a home? It seems logical. We rush around, turn on the stove and forget about what we are doing in the rush to do something else. The best way to prevent a kitchen fire is to stay within arm's reach of the stove while cooking ... don't go to another part of the house to do something else! Keep your oven and stove clean, and move all flammable materials at least 3 feet away from the heat.

We will provide other tips soon ... watch for them!

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SunGlo - Your place to go to repair structural damage

 

SunGlo helps you through more than just the natural disasters. A few years ago in August, the M family was very surprised and shook up when young driver actually struck the front of their home. Not only was there structural damage to the front foyer and a bedroom, the home was also a brick home ... replacing all of the brick on the front of the home was not an endeavor the home owners looked forward to.

SunGlo to the rescue once again. Not only did SunGlo repair the structural damage, they came up with a solution when a perfect match could not be found to the brick facing: remove bricks from the garage to put on the front of the house, ensuring a match, and replace the open areas with glass block, making the formally dark and dank garage brighter. An effective and cost savings solution to a problem that had to be solved!