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Escambia Fire Rescue Quickly Extinguishes Kitchen Fire, Saves Cornbread In The Oven
May 19, 2021
Escambia Fire Rescue responded to a reported apartment kitchen fire Tuesday afternoon in Century, and even saved the cornbread cooking in the oven.
The first firefighters on scene arrived at the Oakwood Village Apartments on Shady Lane about 1:30 p.m. to find smoke showing from the front door of one unit. There was fire in the kitchen sink due to the occupant dumping a burning pot of grease, and the there was fire under the cabinet from the grease burning through the PVC drain pipe, according to Escambia Fire Rescue reports.
The fire under the sink was put out using the resident’s fire extinguisher. Sheetrock was removed to verify that the fire had not spread.
Firefighters cleaned up the sheetrock from the carpeted floor, and helped finish the cooking
“1 pan of cornbread was removed from the oven completely cooked and delivered to the resident,” the ECFR report notes.
NorthEscambia.com file photo, click to enlarge.
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10 Responses to “Escambia Fire Rescue Quickly Extinguishes Kitchen Fire, Saves Cornbread In The Oven”
Yummy, hot fresh crispy cornbread. Maybe some fried chicken or pork chops recently cooked in the pot of grease.
Glad everyone was okay. I explained to my wife – NEVER pour a pot of hot grease down the sink. Turn off the heat source, cover with a lid or baking sheet if you have one and use salt or baking soda to put out a grease fire. AND of course a fire extinguisher Class B if you have one, or a A-B-C rating is the best for most household fires.
Take some time to learn about fire extinguishers and the 4 different classes. Hopefully none of you will ever have to use one. But it helps to have one or two in case you ever need it.
Thank the Lord the cornbread was saved!!
Glad it is still Oakwood Village and not Oakwood Briquettes.
And THIS is why landlords require renter’s insurance!
Seems like a corny situation…
I think this is the best news I’ve heard in a long time. WTG fire dept.
Jeff, Hope there was buttermilk in the fridge so the cornbread wasn’t wasted!!!
I sure hope they cooked a pot of beans to go with that corn bread
good job guys, now cut me a slice, pass the butter…
Well…at least the cornbread was okay. LOL!