Cooking Fires

Pans with hot fat in them start approx twenty per cent of fires in the home and cause 4,500 injuries every year. 

You can prevent these fires by using a deep fat fryer or switching to oven cooking.

If you can’t live without your chip or frying pan:

• Never leave the pan unattended when the heat is switched on

• Never fill the pan more than one-third full

• Dry the food before placing it in the pan

• Never add food to the pan if the oil starts to smoke.  Turn off the heat and allow it to cool down

• Check that the handle of the pan is not sticking over the edge of the cooker where it could easily be knocked or reached by children

• Do not cook when you have been drinking alcohol or taking drugs

REMEMBER IF A PAN WITH FAT OR OIL IN CATCHES FIRE, NEVER THROW WATER ON IT. Turn off the heat if it is safe to do so, leave the house closing doors behind you and call 999.