If you can't stand the heat...

More than 30 per cent of fires in hotels, guest houses and food outlets start in the kitchen. Cooking oil and fat fires are particularly dangerous to control because they burn at such high temperatures and can easily reignite.

The specific risk posed by deep fat fires was officially recognised after sustained lobbying by Chubb Fire, and a new fire classification (Class F) for cooking oil and fat fires was introduced by the British Standards Institution.

Find out how to protect your kitchens from fire....

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