Dangerous forgetfulness

Cooking at home is one of the daily chores in the life of every resident of the city. But even such a habitual activity can lead to tragedy if elementary fire safety rules are not observed when cooking.  So, over the past period of this year, there have been 15 cases of food burning left unattended.

The cause of burning food is often ordinary carelessness. They put the pan on the stove and forget about it: they fall asleep from fatigue or in a state of alcoholic intoxication, and sometimes even leave the house. It happens that after putting food on the stove, a person can go to the store to buy the missing product, in the hope that nothing will happen to the left pan during this time.  Unfortunately, this is not always the case. Gases are formed from burnt food, which can lead to poisoning by gorenje products. In addition, there is a possibility that the flame flaring up on the stove, spreading, will cause a serious fire, which can not only cause the loss of material values, but also the death of people.

 The Emergency Department of Ridder reminds:

- do not leave cooking food unattended;

- do not keep towels, paper, potholders and other flammable objects near the stove;

- fill the pan with oil no more than a third. Oil is a flammable liquid capable of self–ignition at temperatures above 350 C;

- keep the electrical wires away from the stove;

- do not fill the burning oil with water.

In case of a fire, call the fire service by phone number "101" or the rescue service "112".

UCHS G. Ridder