Kitchen fire injures two
Two people were sent to hospital after a kitchen fire in Côte-des-Neiges, with firefighters adding a note that people keep putting food on to cook and then getting distracted by their computers till something in the kitchen catches fire.
Blork 21:24 on 2021-03-21 Permalink
I did that once! It was 20 years ago and I lived in a big apartment building on Ste-Catherine W. I put some potatoes on to simmer and went to my computer and fell into a rabbit hole. After what felt like 10 minutes but was probably an hour the smoke detector went off. I ran to the kitchen and the pot wasn’t in flames (there was no oil) but the potatoes were completely black and thick smoke was billowing out of the pot.
What to do? I was worried the pot might explode if I poured water into it, so I opened the window and held the pot up to the screen for a couple of minutes while it cooled down. In retrospect I’m surprised the fire department didn’t show up because there was a LOT of smoke coming out of that window. Pot was ruined and I never did it again. Things are easier now because it’s so easy to set a timer on your phone or watch. Lesson learned.
Kate 09:35 on 2021-03-22 Permalink
Blork, you remind me of the time I saw a neighbour, at my old place, rush out and slam an old-style pressure cooker onto the cold sidewalk. He looked up at me and we both laughed, but it was probably close to a meltdown.