Here are some major don'ts:
- Never walk away from your stove if you are cooking on the cook-top.
- Never use water on a stove top fire.
- Never use flour on a stove top fire (it can explode).
- Never freak out and run next door when your stove is on fire to find out what you're supposed to do.
- Always stay calm.
- Always have plenty of baking soda close at hand.
- Always have a fire extinguisher close at hand.
- Always have homeowner/rental insurance.
How to put out a stove-top fire:
- If you have a lid for the pot and you can put it on without burning yourself, do so. Then turn off the burner.
- If you cannot safely put the lid on the pot...pour baking soda on the fire.
- If you do not have baking soda, use a fire extinguisher.
- If you don't have either baking soda or a fire extinguisher, BUY THEM.
How to put out an oven fire:
- Turn off the oven.
- Do Not open the oven door (oxygen feeds fire) until fire is out.
- Turn off the microwave oven (this turns the fan off and stops feeding oxygen to the flames).
- Do Not open the microwave oven door until fire is out.