What are the right extingushers for edible oils fire risk?

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JITENDRA PRASAD
22-November-2013

A. At extraction level of physical refining of crude corn oil. B.At Chemical refining level of crude soya bean oil.

Question added by GABRIEL KANGERI NJERU , Plant Production Clerk , Bidco oil refineries
Date Posted: 2013/06/10

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by Girish Vyas , Security Engineer , Virtela Technology Services Inc

This is not my speciality but would still love to answer this question.
I am from networks background and not fire fighting.
The edible oil fire comes under class F/ Class K depending on the region you stay.
The extinguishing methods are1.
Dry CO2 for Small Fires2.
If fire is large then methods like A) Mechanical Smothering B) Saponification.
For your case I would prefer Saponification if in household in industry level dry CO2 Hope I answered your question

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