Comments on: Toaster Fire

By: werty

werty — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:48:13 +0000

Ian, that is the type of powder in some… that is white though. This one is a slight yellow, according to wikipedia it is:

# Ammonium phosphate, also known as "tri-class", "multipurpose" or "ABC" dry chemical, used on class A, B, and C fires. It receives its class A rating from the agent's ability to melt and flow at 177 °C (350 °F) to smother the fire. More corrosive than other dry chemical agents. Pale yellow in color.

By: httpwebwitch

httpwebwitch — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:29:18 +0000

The powder in those things is just pressurized baking soda. Wipes away easily, but yes it sticks to everything and gets into every nook and crevass imaginable

By: werty

werty — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:35:53 +0000

Yeah… it toasted and dried out quickly, then went up in flames when it hit the heating element.

By: kristen

kristen — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:34:13 +0000

was this by any chance the leftover rye bread from dad's bday festivities???

By: andrea

andrea — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:38:07 +0000

one time I put a cracker with some butter on it into our toaster oven when I kid because I thought it'd be a good idea and within a couple seconds the entire cracker had gone up in flames and disintegrated. I think I was like 6 and definitely should not have been using a toaster oven unsupervised.

By: nicole

nicole — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:16:53 +0000

a few years ago i was attempting to recreate those fabulous broiled peppers that are served at tapas bars all over chicago. i checked them after a minute and all was well but since broilers tend to work their magic pretty fast, i was keeping a close eye on them. not quick enough. i turned my back for less than a minute and when i turned back i saw a bright light through the window oven. i opened the door and sure enough, fire in the hole. not having any idea what to do i quickly shut the door hoping that lack of oxygen would put it out. that suddenly seemed like a bad idea so i took the peppers out of the oven. now i had flaming peppers on top of my stove (not to mention splattering oil). with no extinguisher in the house i decided to put them out with the towel. luckily this worked. if i had set the towel on fire i probably would have lost my mind and burned the house down.

i now have an old oven that i doubt could broil anything, but i give a hearty thumbs up to the kitchen sized fire extinguishers.

By: Mikey

Mikey — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:00:32 +0000

When I was 5, my dad got an electric charcoal lighter for his birthday. He hadn't opened it yet, and being the curious child I was, I poked a hole in the plastic wrapper and plugged it into the wall in our living room. When it didn't do anything, I left the room to watch Thundercats. Within a few minutes, our living room was on fire. My baby sitter beat the fire out with a blanket. The worst, though, is that my little brother Timmy lay in a crib not far from the fire, but he ended up just fine.