On 2019-01-22 11:00 a.m., jmcquown wrote:
> On 1/22/2019 10:47 AM, Dave Smith wrote:

>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
> OMG!Â* That's scary!Â* Thank goodness she's okay.Â* BTW, that microfibre
> stuff will *melt*, which is dangerous.
>
> I couple of thoughts: stop, drop and roll.Â* That's what we were taught
> in school if your clothing ever catches on fire.Â* Don't run, don't just
> stand there.Â* You did good, though.

She remembered the stop, drop and roll while I was batting out the
flames, and I had them pretty well out by then.

>
> The other thing is, why are the spices above the stove?Â* No matter how
> small my kitchen ever was, I never had to reach up and over a hot burner
> to get to spices or really to anything.Â* Might be time to rearrange
> things in the kitchen.


I guess it is a flaw in the kitchen design. The counters are L shaped.
The spices are not directly about the stove, they are just to the right.
That cupboard is too narrow for anything else.
If I had my druthers, baking supplies would be over the stove. I am not
likely to be using the stove much when baking. She wants that space for
coffee, tea and related stuff.