Expert: Frank Billington - 9/5/2009

Question
This morning there was a small fire on the floor of the oven caused by some residue from previous cooking (mostly pie filling) and overspill of butter from a breakfast bread.  We used a Kidde BC Dry Chemical Powder Fire Extinguisher.  After letting everything cool, I vaccumed the powder that I could and wiped all the other surfaces inside the oven with a sponge and clean water.  I removed all the burnt residue as well as all of the powder (although I am currently waiting for the oven to dry out completely so I can recheck that all powder residue is gone).  Is there anything else I should do prior to re-using my oven?  (It is an electric oven).

Thank you.

Answer
Hello Linda,

First, congrats on having an extinguisher handy.  So many people are unprepared, it is always nice to hear form someone who was ready.

This question has been posed here before, so I am going to share a link with you from the comprehensive question-and-answer session from that event, instead of trying to answer it all over again.

If you have any remaining questions or concerns not addressed by the discussion found at this link, please let me know and I will do my very best to help.

Click here to go to the previous question/answer involving an ABC extinguisher and an electric oven:  http://en.allexperts.com/q/Fire-Emergency-Careers-1532/ABC-Fire-Extinquisher-use...