A fire broke out above the Dog and Duck pub on Bateman Street in Soho on Wednesday, prompting four fire engines and about 25 firefighters to respond. Crews from Lambeth, Chelsea and Dowgate stations and a 32-metre turntable ladder from Paddington attended. Part of the second and third floors and ducting between the second and fourth floors were damaged. The blaze was believed to have been accidentally caused by oil overheating in a deep-fat fryer and was extinguished in around an hour and a half. No one was injured. The Grade II listed pub retains original glazed tiles and decorative mirrors and dates to 1734, with the modern building completed in 1897. The London Fire Brigade advised never leaving cooking unattended, avoiding overfilling pans, keeping food dry before frying, and using electronic deep-fat fryers when possible.
Cooking with hot oil can be really dangerous and the risk increases when you start frying food more than once. All it can take is for you to become distracted for a few seconds and your cooking oil can quickly go up in flames. Never fill a pan more than one third full of fat or oil and make sure food is dry before putting it in hot oil oil and water are a dangerous mix.
Four fire engines and around 25 firefighters rushed to Bateman Street on Wednesday after a fire broke out above the Dog and Duck pub. The London Fire Brigade said part of the second and third floors were damaged by fire, along with ducting running between the second and fourth floors. No one was injured in the fire, which is believed to have been accidentally caused by oil overheating in a deep-fat fryer.
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