Cornwall Fire & Rescue Service Newsdesk

Bederkesa Court, Robartes Road, Bodmin at 07/11/2003 14:47

An appliance from Bodmin was in attendance within 2 minutes of the call, which was received from a monitoring station. The resident had already been removed from the property suffering slight smoke inhalation and was left in care of paramedics. The fire involved a pan on a cooker and a carbon dioxide extinguisher was used to extinguish.


Kitchen Fire Safety
This is potentially the most hazardous area in the home. Every year cooking appliances cause over 50% of accidental fires, killing around 70 people per year and causing approximately 5,000 injuries.
Ensure your cooker and grill pans are kept free from accumulations of fat.
Ensure the cooker is turned off when you are not using it.
Keep furnishings e.g. curtains and other combustibles away from the cooker
Take care with loose clothing when reaching over the cooker, especially lit gas rings
People die each year as a result of clothes catching fire over naked flames
Ensure leads from kitchen electrical appliances are kept well away from the cooker
Do not put toasters under wall mounted units, they can easily spread a fire
Ensure pots and pans are safely located on the cooker.
Handles should not protrude into the room, or across a lit gas ring.

Related item: http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/fire/fsafety/fs01w.htm