On 1/22/2019 10:47 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
> We had a near disaster here this morning and I was pertinent to a resent
> thread about seniors and fires.Â* I was in the back room doing my morning
> crossword when I heard my wife yelling " Help. Fire" I went running into
> the kitchen expecting to see something burning on the stove. It was her
> clothing thatÂ* was burning.Â* I ran over and batted out the flames with
> my hands. ... not the best way, but the fastest.
>
> We are lucky that she was almost unscathed. She had one small first
> degree burn on a finger, but a microfibre sweater and vest are ruined.
>
> I hope that she learned a valuable lesson from that because she may not
> be so lucky if it happens again. She had a pot on the front burner of
> the stove. The (electric) burner was on high. She reached up into the
> spice cupboard to get something. Either the vest or the sweater was
> dragged over the hot burner. Since she had just returned from walking
> the dogs she was wearing long johns, another layer of protection, but
> one which might have also caught on fire or melted in the heat.
>
>
>
Good she is ok.

Good opportunity to make a couple of reminders.
Nothing above the stove that is needed when the burners are on.
Fire extinguisher nearby. No excuses, you can get one for $15

This also proves, cooking in the nude is safer, not to metion most of us
look good doing it.