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What are the right extingushers for edible oils fire risk?

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

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Question added by GABRIEL KANGERI NJERU , FIRE MARSHAL , BIDCO OIL REFINERIES
Date Posted: 2013/06/10
Girish Vyas
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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