Gwangju Seobu Fire Station "Equip Each Home with a 'Kitchen Fire Extinguisher'"

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Gwangju Seobu Fire Station (Chief Lee Cheontaek) emphasized the importance of equipping kitchens with kitchen fire extinguishers (Class K).

Most kitchen fires occur due to cooking oil, and in the majority of cases, water is sprayed to extinguish the fire.

However, in the case of fires caused by cooking oil, spraying water causes the water to vaporize in the heated oil, mixing with oil vapors and potentially intensifying the fire.

The kitchen fire extinguisher (Class K) is optimized for kitchen fires with these characteristics. It forms an oil film layer on the surface of the oil, blocking contact with oxygen and rapidly lowering the temperature of the cooking oil, thereby minimizing damage caused by the fire.

Chief Lee Cheontaek of Seobu Fire Station said, “Fires occurring in the kitchen are a type of oil fire, which cannot be extinguished with water, so having a kitchen fire extinguisher is very important.”

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