Fire Safety at Home in Spain
Checking detectors, avoiding kitchen fires and getting out safely in a Spanish flat.
Smoke detectors aren't required in many older Spanish flats, extinguishers sit on the landings, and plenty of homes still run on an orange butane cylinder. In an emergency you call 112 and never take the lift. The cards follow a rented flat in Bilbao: a safety check with the landlady, a near miss in the kitchen and a night when smoke fills the landing.
- 1
¿Este detector de humo funciona de verdad?
Does this smoke detector actually work?
- 2
En el dormitorio no hay detector.
There's no detector in the bedroom.
- 3
Se le ha acabado la pila, no para de pitar.
The battery's dead, it keeps beeping.
- 4
¿Hay algún extintor en el edificio?
Is there a fire extinguisher in the building?
- 5
No dejes la sartén al fuego sin vigilar.
Don't leave the frying pan on the heat unattended.
- 6
Si se prende el aceite, nunca le eches agua.
If the oil catches fire, never throw water on it.
- 7
Ponle una tapa y apaga la vitro.
Put a lid on it and turn off the hob.
- 8
Esa regleta está sobrecargada.
That power strip is overloaded.
- 9
No conectes todo en el mismo enchufe.
Don't plug everything into the same socket.
- 10
Huele a quemado.
Something smells burnt.
- 11
Comprueba que la bombona de butano no pierda.
Check the butane cylinder isn't leaking.
- 12
¿Dónde está el cuadro de luces?
Where's the fuse box?
- 13
Se ha ido la luz.
The power's gone off.
- 14
¡Llama al 112 ahora mismo!
Call 112 right now!
- 15
Está saliendo humo del piso de al lado.
There's smoke coming out of the flat next door.
- 16
Salid y no cojáis el ascensor.
Get out, and don't use the lift.
- 17
Agachaos, cerca del suelo.
Keep low, close to the floor.
- 18
Estamos todos fuera, no queda nadie dentro.
We're all out, nobody's left inside.
- 19
Los bomberos ya vienen de camino.
The fire brigade is already on the way.
- 20
Vamos a quedar en un punto de encuentro fuera.
Let's agree on a meeting point outside.