This is going to be more of a life pro tip, but trying to reach the largest audience here.
Just had a frantic neighbour knocking at my door saying there is a fire in her oven.
I was over there in under 60 seconds with the fire extinguisher. There was a pot of oil on fire wedged between the element and the rack. No way to quickly and safely remove it, so I blasted it.
If I had tried to remove the pan, it’s likely it would have ended up spilling burning oil everywhere and making the situation much worse. Now they just have a house full of dust to clean.
Will replace our extinguisher today and am considering buying a few more to gift this Christmas.
Yes. I rent and my state requires that my landlord have so many based on the number of rooms and square footage.
Glad it worked out for you. For future reference, there are additional steps for grease/oil fires in the kitchen:
Turn off stove
Cover with lid
Then smother with the extinguisher, or baking soda or salt if you don’t have an extinguisher handy. Never water.
The first two steps cutoff energy and oxygen, and will minimize the splatter that the extinguisher causes.
Unfortunately, there was no way to get to the pot, for some reason it was wedged between the rack and the element, so no chance of covering it