A demonstration of how not to deal with a chip pan fire. Water is poured onto burning oil, with the result that the fire spreads. I could feel the heat from where I was standing.

I've been using this photo in a couple of projects, but as it wasn't part of the original uploads to this collection, I felt it was only fair to finally include it.

Just to clear up any confusion, a chip pan is a cooking pan used to deep fry chips (or French Fries as the case may be) in cooking oil. The effect is much the same for any any oil, whether it be cooking or crude.

This is my sixth Fotopic Front Page Feature, and went out on the 7th February, 2009. It is also now the the photograph with the most hits on this site, having overtaken "Bathing Pool Garden" (Water Features) during February 2009.

ISO 400, 1/1000sec, F7.1, 85mm

No PSP modifications

Comments left about this photograph:
From Siobhan at 2009-02-07 23:33:36 : What's a chip pan?
From Richard Kyte at 2009-02-07 23:55:30 : A Chip Pan is a device used to deep fry food in cooking oil, which if not used properly can lead to the oil catching fire. Putting water on burning oil (of any variety) will result in the fire spreading rapidly, as demonstrated by the photograph. Substitute "French Fries" for Chips, if you live outside the UK; hopefully that sorts any translation issues out.