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Kitchen Fire
More than half of accidental fires at home are started by cooking. Many kitchen fires happen when people are not paying attention or they leave things unattended. Overheated cooking oil will start to bubble or froth excessively and/or smoke. The frothing action might cause the oil to overflow the pan and ignite. The fire is intense and could surge up and out of the pan almost instantly. Find out how to keep safe while you are cooking and what to do if a fire starts in your kitchen.

Fire safety equipment for the kitchen
You could consider keeping a fire blanket in the kitchen.    
Fire blankets can be used to put out a fire or wrap a person whose clothes are on fire.
                                  
What is a Fire Blanket?
A fire blanket is a wool or synthetic blanket that has been specifically treated with fire retardants. Its operating premise is simple. Fires require oxygen to burn, and a fire blanket deprives the fire of oxygen and literally smothers it. When a fire is trapped beneath a fire blanket, it stop fire opportunity to spread.

Using an Fire Blanket
A fire blanket is easy to use. Just unfolding and placing it over the fire, as centered as possible, is all that is required.
The single most crucial element of using the fire blanket is getting full coverage of the fire, and if the fire is fueled by gas or electricity, remembering to cut off the fuel source after the blanket is applied is important. Fire blankets can halt a fire in its tracks if properly employed. Keeping flames from spreading is critical to containing a small fire before it reaches the ceiling and exploits the opportunity to become a large, uncontrollable one.

Do's : Dealing with a fire in your kitchen, if a pan or pot catches fire in your kitchen
1) Don't move it because it will be very hot, dropping it will cause the fire to spread faster.
2) Turn off the heat if it's safe to do so - don’t lean over the pan or pot to reach the controls.
3) Use a fire blanket to cover the burning pan or pot and leave it.
4) Shut off the main incoming gas valve or the LPG gas cylinder valve.
5) Get out, stay out and call 995 if necessary.
* The fire blanket should not be removed from the fire source for at least a half an hour, and caution should be taken when touching it after a fire

Don'ts : (DO NOT try to put out cooking oil fire with WATER!)
It is very difficult to extinguish burning oil compared with ordinary fire. Never extinguish an oil fire with water, otherwise the fire would surge up in a sudden. Using water to put out an oil fire will only spread the fire. In the past, many people were injured when they tried to fight oil fire using water. So please remember not to quench cooking oil fire with water

Fire Blanket additional usage
Fire blanket is effective for wrapping around a burning person or for covering a person while escaping a fire
If it is a person involved in fire, a fire blanket can be especially valuable. Throwing a blanket over a person who is burning, then getting them to the ground, will snuff the fire faster than the “stop, drop and roll” method alone.