[header] How to react to a fire in your home from cooking [title] Assess the fire. [step] Quickly decide if you can safely extinguish the fire. If not, direct someone to call emergency services and quickly, but calmly, leave the house. 
If the fire is small enough and it appears that you can extinguish it, proceed with utmost caution. [title] Alert other people in the house so they can escape.