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Tips on cooking safely with Gas Cooker

·Never leave cooking unattended to.

·Never get distracted. If you are called away, turn off the gas.

·Never allow a child to cook without adult’s supervision.

·Turn pot handles away from the cooker edge.

·Keep cooker and cook tops free of grease and fat build-up.

·Hang tea-towels and oven mitts away from the cookwares.

·Wear tight-fitting sleeves when cooking.

·Ensure the exhaust pipe in the cookwares is clean and free of grease and fat build-up.

·Have a fire blanket and extinguisher in the kitchen.

·Ensure smoke alarms are working.

·Have a fire escape plan in place.

·Feeling cold? Do not use cooking appliances as heaters. They are not designed for this purpose.

·When cooking with gas, make sure the flame does not go out – gas can escape silently and invisibly