Gwangju Gwangsan Fire Station: "Please Equip Kitchens with K-Class Fire Extinguishers"

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Yoon Jamin] Gwangju Gwangsan Fire Station (Chief Moon Gisik) is intensively promoting the installation of 'Class K fire extinguishers' to prepare for cooking oil fires that frequently occur in kitchens during winter.

According to Gwangsan Fire Station on the 12th, cooking oil commonly used in kitchens has a boiling point higher than its ignition point, so once it catches fire, even if the flames are removed, it can reignite, making it difficult to suppress with powder extinguishers.

Also, pouring water on burning cooking oil causes the water to turn into steam and splash the oil around, potentially spreading the fire further.

Class K fire extinguishers are kitchen-specific extinguishers that form an oil film during fires involving animal and vegetable oils (such as cooking oil), lowering the temperature of the oil and cutting off oxygen supply to prevent reignition.

Chief Moon Gisik said, "Class K fire extinguishers are necessary in kitchens of general restaurants that use a lot of cooking oil," and added, "We hope that by installing Class K fire extinguishers, people will prepare for the risk of fire."

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