Petrol spilt in bath plug

[Jaynejakie]

I accidentally spilt petrol in bath plug in bathroom and I am panicking that if I turn lights on in house it will ignite what do I do I'm terrified

There won’t be any vapour if you have washed it away?

Fill the basin with hot SOAPY water and flush it away, and ventilate.

Dont have any candle lit baths for a day or two! 😉

Petrol has a strong smell. If you can’t smell it, surely that means it has dissipated in the air? Open the windows, leave it, say, an hour after you can’t smell it anymore to be sure, and then you should be fine.

But really I don’t know, any more than any other random on the internet. Why don’t you ring your local fire station and ask them? They might be able to provide some specialist info, and I’m sure they’d rather spend five minutes in the phone to you than hours putting out your burning house.

Use washing up liquid to help wash it away. Open the windows for about an hour.

Calling the local fire station is a really good idea. I’m sure they will help.

Is that a thing you can do?

I didn't think they took calls from the public, just 999 calls.

I was pretty sceptical but I just looked online and yes, they have a landline number. No idea what would happen or who you'd talk to if you phoned them.

And OP, just run the taps for a few minutes, open the windows and stop worrying.

I agree with others.
Fill the bath with hot soapy water and let it run down the plug hole, do this a few times over a few hours if you feel like you can still smell it through the drain. Leave the window open for the next day or so and keep the bathroom door closed.

If it was literally a small spill, I really would not worry, and I'm very much prone to worrying.

The story above would have involved alot of fuel in a contained area with little to no airflow I would imagine, so the vapour would have built up inside.

The vapour disappears within a few seconds.

Yes, you have to dial 999 to talk to them.

Good lord, no OP DOES NOT need to speak to the fire brigade.

OP can turn the lights on. Vapour dissipates in a matter of seconds.

You absolutely don’t call 999 to talk to the fire brigade, you call 999 for emergencies.

I assumed the fire service were only ever contacted by the emergency services.

You can't just ring them up.
To contact them for any reason, you dial 999.

999 is for emergencies only.

@TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne

Yes, you can. Your local fire station will have their number online and you just call it.

Yes you can.

Thank you!
That's very interesting and I didn't know that.

Are those numbers just for your local area, do you know?