Ain't Nobody Here Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Put on a pan with a bit of oil in to fry some onions. Popped onto the laptop to check out the forum. Smoke alarm went off - assumed it was the roast beef (top oven was a bit smokey) so wafted it with a magazine. Went back to laptop. Alarm went off again. Glanced through kitchen door to see (big) flames leaping out of said pan . Quick action, wet tea towel over pan, all's well. Did I get those smoke alarms I said I would after that fire safety thread? Nope, forgot. Just as well the only one we do have is working . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruth1 Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 ooop's , just as well you didnt ignore it for longer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Oh my goodness ANH! That was close! Glad you are OK I've done that myself, but I was answering the door, I'd never allow myself to get distracted by the forum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fowlbird Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Crumbs, ANH! the laptop could have been seriously burnt! we had a hob top fire during my birthday party - OH left teatowels and a pile of boxed quiches on the hob - 2 guests looking for a light before proceeding to the garden lit the burners, not realising they'd left one burning under the teatowels luckily, eldest daughter is experienced in the ways of firefighting (3 kitchen fires so far none of them her fault) and by the time I got to the kitchen she had it all in hand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Dear me! A cautionary tale indeed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAZAROO Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Oh my goodness ANH! That was close! Glad you are OK I've done that myself, but I was answering the door, I'd never allow myself to get distracted by the forum! I managed to cremate 26 fish fingers after popping on here for abit too long the other eve!!!! Oops; Glad your okay x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen & co. Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Gosh glad you are alright. Karen x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickpea Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Oh dear! Glad everything was alright in the end! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillfamily Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Glad you're OK :D I have heard that a person can be easily distracted by important issues on here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamebird Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 That was close. Not sure how you would have explained that one to the insurance company. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Blimey! Good job that you're OK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 and it can account for many overcooked vegetables Glad you are all safe and well though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chook n Boo Mum Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 and very late nights...! Glad all's ok though. Sha x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenanne Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 Ooops! Glad all's well. my OH managed to leave a deep-fat fryer switched on overnight once.... fortunately the temperature sensor thingy worked well, and it didn't go on fire. I know of someone else who would prefer to remain nameless who put a cigarette end in kitchen bin, which wasn't completely extinguished. Came downstairs for a glass of water after going to bed about 20 minutes earlier, to find bin very much alight! kitchen full of smoke, fire handily restricted to 9plastic) kitchen bin. Picked up bin with heatproof glove used for stove, chucked it into back garden, melted plastic all over kitcehn floor.... OH not happy at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chook n Boo Mum Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 I know of someone else who would prefer to remain nameless who put a cigarette end in kitchen bin, which wasn't completely extinguished. Came downstairs for a glass of water after going to bed about 20 minutes earlier, to find bin very much alight! kitchen full of smoke, fire handily restricted to 9plastic) kitchen bin. Picked up bin with heatproof glove used for stove, chucked it into back garden, melted plastic all over kitcehn floor... Did this little episode prompt "the Nameless One" to become a non-smoker?! Sha x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 OMG - glad you're ok. But what a fright! Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancing cloud Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 Glad this had a happy ending (and that it's not just me that does this sort of thing ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
