On 2019-01-23 1:15 p.m., notbob wrote:
> On 1/22/2019 9:00 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> Good advice, Jill.
>
> I also have nothing over my stove.Â* Usta be a microwave, there, but that
> is now gone.Â* While there is some cupboard space above the empty spot
> where the M/W usta be, I never use it.
>
> Prolly why I've never caught on fire!Â*

In view of the number of people who have questioned the location of
those herbs and spices, I took a serious look at it this morning. I had
no problems reaching into all three shelves on that spice cabinet
without getting myself or my clothes anywhere near the burner. I don't
know how she managed to get her sweater and vest dragged across the
burner. FWIW, she was using a very small pot on the smaller, so there
was a lot of hot burner coil exposed. The sweater and the vest were
both very loose fitting.

I am not looking to blame anyone in this incident. I just won't to
remind people that these things can and do happen. I had said just a day
or two earlier that I did not thing that gas burners were any more
dangerous than electric. I think the big problem there was the loose
fitting clothing.