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Do you have a fire extinguisher on hand? (lemmy.nz)

submitted 1 year ago by luthis@lemmy.nz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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This is going to be more of a life pro tip, but trying to reach the largest audience here.

Just had a frantic neighbour knocking at my door saying there is a fire in her oven.

I was over there in under 60 seconds with the fire extinguisher. There was a pot of oil on fire wedged between the element and the rack. No way to quickly and safely remove it, so I blasted it.

If I had tried to remove the pan, it's likely it would have ended up spilling burning oil everywhere and making the situation much worse. Now they just have a house full of dust to clean.

Will replace our extinguisher today and am considering buying a few more to gift this Christmas.

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[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is this why my old extinguisher at camp just spits white dust?!

Tested it the other day, because why not? It's there because it's old, and the place is literally a swamp, nothing going to burn down.

[–] Longpork_afficianado@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 year ago

Lol, white dust is what a dry powder extinguisher is meant to spit out. Ths issue is that if the powder becomes too compacted, it won't come out. Look up a video of a dry powder extinguisher in use to see if it's working like it should.

However, they are more-or-less single use. If you've used it, even partially, you should really get it recharged or replaced.