Kitchen fire last night

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[SIZE=3]Last night when I got home I turned the oven on to cook supper and went sit on the back patio with my wife. About 30 minutes later I went back into the house to get another drink and the living room was filled with smoke and the alarm system starts to go off. I then look to the kitchen and see flames coming from the stove reaching the vent hood. I run to the garage to get the fire extinguisher. As I’m coming back into the kitchen with the fire extinguisher I hear a loud pop and notice a white powdery substance had put the fire out. The fire was started by a plastic cake dish that my wife had put on the stove after I turned the oven on. I’m still not sure if the fire was started by the exhaust from the oven or if one of my girls accidently bumped one of the knobs on the stove turning one of the burners on as they were climbing on the counters to get a cup out of the cabinet. Anyway two years ago a friend of mine who owns several apartment complexes gave me two small canisters called stovetop firestop. This is a product designed to be hung under the vent hood and if a fire starts it will release a fire suppressant and extinguish the fire. Honestly I installed these canisters and never thought about them again until they put the fire out last night. Fortunately we did not have any damage to the house other than soot to clean up and the smell of burnt plastic in the house but I believe it would have been a lot worse if I would not have installed these firestops and walked into the house when I did. After we finished cleaning up the mess last night I ordered four more pair of the stovetop firestops. When I got to work this morning I shared this story with several people and none of them knew this product is available. I would like to share this story with everyone I can and make them aware that such a product is available. Statistics show that most home fires (40%) start while cooking. You can order them individually through Louisville Fire & Safety at a cost of $49.05 a pair of if you have a bulk order of 100 or more they are $39.00 a pair.[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=3]Link to Louisville Fire & Safety[/SIZE]
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