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Kitchen is a certain part of your house that has higher risk of fire. Here, a lot of supplies and tools are potentially flaming, such as your oven, your stove, and some other electrical kitchen supplies. Actually, you can do some things to prevent fire in this certain cooking station. You can get some of those useful hints in this article.
First, it will be better for you to remain in the kitchen when you are cooking something on your stove. Many people leaving their cooking on the stoves while they watch TV or pick up a phone call. In this certain condition, the risk of fire in your kitchen is in highest level. Do not ever cooking something on your stove and leave them for another activity that might take long time.
Second, make sure to turn off your stove before leaving your cooking station. You should also check other cooking tools that use heat. Make sure that none of them is in on condition.
Third, make sure to check your stove and your oven before leaving your house. Whether you are going to go to the store next door or going to other further place, you have to check and recheck your stove, oven, and other heating equipment. Make sure that those tools are in off condition, so the risk of fire could be easily reduced.
Fourth, you can get clean the surface of your stove. Fire from your stove might easily catch up greasy buildup on its surface. Therefore, before leaving your kitchen, make sure that all leftover grease on your stove. Even very small grease on your stove could lead to very dangerous accident.
Fifth, it will be better for you to use timer when you are cooking. You can set is as your reminder to help you check the stove regularly. Therefore, you will not burn your food on your stove or in your oven. Besides, you can also reduce the risk of flaming fire from your stove or oven from burning your kitchen.
Those are only some ways in preventing fire in your kitchen. You can still do many other preventive acts to prevent the worst thing happen to your house.
