You could combine Bellmans idea and load a smoke cloak with gas suppressant.

*disclaimer...do not try this at home.

Would that put out a burglar...??

Does this mean I can justify keeping a few sticks of explosives in the kitchen drawer?

If ever the chip pan catches light I drop in a stick of explosive, which when ignites starves the fire of oxygen?

I know I am being ridiculous, of course I don't have a chip pan, oven chips all the way for me!

Rich, this country of ours taught me a lot (most of which i have probably forgot now) as member of HM's Navy i regularly had to partake in firefighting training. You cannot be dailing 999 and asking for the fire brigade in mid Atlantic as it would totally mess up their response time data.

Actually i have experienced fire twice on ships. One of the fires was at sea and that makes the sphincter twitch i can assure you. The other fire was while the ship was alongside in the USA where the local fire brigade turned out with 8" hoses and a foam nozzel so big that they couldnt get it through the hatches anyway. Thankfully the crew managed to extinguish the fire before the yanks had the chance to sink us (which to be fair would have solved the fire problem but left us right in the ****)!

I recall the fire triangle well and would have thought if you googled for it you should find it. It explains the science of fires and how to extinguish them. Explosives are used in certain situations on Oil fires and they probably do remove the Oxygen for a short while.

I think explosives would work in your chip pan fire or similar, i feel fairly confident that not only would it remove the Oxygen but it would also remove the Fuel (chip pan oil) and or the chip pan along with the neibours chip pans maybe. As they say 2 out of 3 aint bad.

But the world would be a safer place with less chip pans....

Rich, this country of ours taught me a lot (most of which i have probably forgot now) as member of HM's Navy i regularly had to partake in firefighting training.

I worked with a lad that was fresh from the Navy, he told me that there was a technique that was used when tackling a fire and that was to use short sharp bursts of mist basically to control and reduce the fire, something that our fireman weren't doing at the time, is this true?

I worked with a lad that was fresh from the Navy, he told me that there was a technique that was used when tackling a fire and that was to use short sharp bursts of mist basically to control and reduce the fire, something that our fireman weren't doing at the time, is this true?

Not when i was in the Mob!

We used a wall of spray to defend ourselves from the smoke and to a very small degree the heat and flames. Of course you cant go gung-ho with a hose or you will sink the ship and a lot was learnt from the Falklands so they may have come up with some new ideas after i left. New kit also as the nozzles we used were big brass screw type taps which gave a 360 degree spray or a jet of water if you see what i mean.

Kitchen fires involving hot oil or fat are dealt with under a newish type - Class F. These are wet chemical and carry a yellow colour coding.

Prepare to dig deep if you want one, they aren't cheap.