Tofu Explosion
OregonLive.com
11/20/11
Paul Corah, a spokesman for the Portland Fire Bureau, said investigators
were baffled at first when a woman cooking tofu in her Northwest Portland apartment
Sunday night caused an explosion that blew out a 4-by-6 foot picture window
and caused an estimated $15,000 in damage.
The woman suffered a small burn to her hand but was otherwise unhurt.
After consultation with other investigators up and down the West Coast, Corah said,
it appears grease in a pan used to cook the tofu overheated and caught fire.
When the woman put the fiery pan in the sink to douse it, the water caused
“a sudden and extreme flare-up of flaming oil” and a “massive steam production.”
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