My mobile home almost burned today

I had a friend who bought a trailer ridiculously cheap. She had asked me to clean it, being the nice person I am, I did. We had planned on becoming roommates, so I moved in all my belongings,I had lived there for about two days, and decided to boil some water for tea. I went outside to move the sprinkler, when the stove exploded and turned the entire trailer into a raging inferno. I lost everything, it sucked. the owner forgot to tell me that the stove needed to be replaced because it hadn't been used 7 years previously.Needless to say, I lost my rent money that month, and all my belongings, and was not reimbursed. I think I was just happy to have gotten out with my life. so, I am happy to hear that all you had was a little grease fire, that was caught in time.It could have been a lot worse!

Now that's scary!! I know I would panic. I am glad that you had some flour to get the fire out and I am also glad that you are ok and your home too.

I am so happy for you that you got the fire out and things are ok. I used to work for a company that cleaned up after fires. Get a vacuum, even better if you have a shop vac. Vacuum up the flour that you can get up, then wet clean the rest. I had to clean up a stove where someone had used a fire extinguisher on the fire. That was a mess.....

Lucky for you, you were able to think things through & get the fire out. For future reference, you can also do the same thing with baking soda. The best thing about using baking soda is that there is this certain thing about it that when you clean the burn crud off everything, it comes off a lot easier. Being that it was a grease/oil fire, you did the right thing because a common mistake is using water. All that the water does is cause the grease to splatter & possibly spread the fire that way. It also ends up going under the oil/grease & doesn't do much good.

I am so sorry to hear that but I am also glad that you got the flames put out. We accidentally left my stove burner on low one day. I use stove top covers on my stove too. We use natural gas to cook with and my husband left the stove on low and forgot to turn it off. I told my daughter to put the stove cover back on and when she did, she got burnt on her hand a little bit and it ended up making the metal stove cover brown. I hated it that she got burned but the house may have burned down if we didn't know the stove was still on when she covered the burner.

but then does it matter if the house is burnt down? at least the pancakes are done LOL just messing with you :) I'd love to live in a mobile home, no mortgage to pay so we can use the money for something else.

First let me say i am very glad you are okay. Messes can be cleaned as long as you are ok.I had never heard of putting flour on a fire before cause it catches fire easily as well.But Baking Soda is great to put out a fire , Something to smother it take away the oxygen and it cant burn. We had a electric outlet catch fire one day at our old farm house , My oldest son was going to throw water on it . I was so glad that I was in the house and catch him before he did that .I ran and shut the breaker off for the plugins . I was so scared , I had to sit them all down and talk to them about different types of fires.

Goodness first of all let me say that I am glad it all ended well But you are worse then me cooking Pancakes lol at least I only try to drop them on Gissi's Head

I'm sure that was absolutely terrifying! Especially since you were in the house alone! A bit messy, but much better than having a fire in your house! Good thing you were thinking enough not to throw water on the fire!

Sounds like a very close call. I live in a double wide mobile home and I know that if it ever caught fire, it would go up in a hurry. I have never experienced a fire on my stove. Did you manage to at least save the pankakes? lol. Do you keep a fire extinguisher in your mobile home? Ususally they are standard equipment. Well, I guess you can just chalk it up to another exciting experience in the life of mssnow. Glad to hear you are ok.

Well, I'm glad you and your mobile home are all right. I've heard that before with the flour and yes, grease cathes fire real easy. Take care, Terry

I lived in a camper in the mountains of New Hampshire. We used a wood stove for heat. My husband was away and the chimney caught fire. It was very close to the roof of the camper. I couldn't believe what I was seeing! I had a fire extinguisher near by but had never used on in my life! So, I quickly asked the Lord to help me figure it out. Praise God! He did and I put the fire out. The next problem was to figure out how to keep warm until my husband could replace the chimney. Great Fun!

That must have been traumatic snow and you should be proud of yourself for coping under pressure and remembering what to do! It is such an easy thing to happen but very frightening to deal with and you did a great job - Well done you sweets! Aee you are a lot stronger than you thought you were it's just a pity that you have such a mess to clean up but it is a lot better than cleaning a burnt out mobile home remains! xxx

Oh my gosh mssnow. That is terrible. So glad you were about to get control of it and put it out. Thanks for the lesson in cleaning your stove.

Wow, I bet that was really scary. Congratulations on keeping your cool and taking care of the crisis. Don't feel too bad about the mess, it is a small price to pay. Things could have turned out much worse. You have to be more careful in the future! We need you here at myLot!

I agree! My dad was a fireman and he taught us all we know about fire and the prevention of it. It can happen oh, so quickly. I've never heard of using flour before however. Depending on how widespread the fire is, for fat fires, I always damp a tea towel, or a sheet and drop it onto the fire. It suffocates it in the same way the flour did, I guess.

Oh dear! How scary...are you ok? I hope you didn't get burned. The big mess you had to clean up would have been much bigger if you hadn't acted so quickly and you might have nothing left and nowhere to live. I think you are very lucky. Maybe you should have a fire extinguisher handy for the next emaergency which I hope doesn't happen. better to be safe than sorry. A friend gave me one that's a bit bigger than a thermos and it's mounted on the wall in the kitchen. Just the fact that it's there and I know how to use it is a reasonable assurance that i won't have a fire....lol.

Thank goodness you remembered to throw flour and not water as that would have made a bad situation so much worse. I am glad you are okay and that you did not get burnt or hurt. If I could, I would come help you clean it up. I would use the vacuum cleaner to clean up a lot of it. Then I would use soap and water to get the rest. Thank you for posting this as it does serve as a good reminder to us all to use safety at all times around the stove.

It is always seconds just before any disaster strikes. You were indeed lucky to be able to keep your cool and save your home. And I guess cleaning up the mess if better than scrubbing the soot off the walls should there be a fire. Do you happen to have a mini fire extinguisher on hand? I felt this little red tank is necessary and most handy.

fortunately your life and house never get into that trouble, hope you takecare and more careful when cooking because i also experience forgot to turn off the stove for sometime.