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I left a plastic oven tray thingy sitting on the hob, with the hob on low.

It was the world's smallest kitchen fire, taking out just the hob and the extractor fan, and the smell has already nearly dissipated. It's just annoying.

Oh, and also the gas has had to be turned off, which means no hot water. And the insurance company are closed today (and presumably also tomorrow/Easter Monday), so presumably no gas until they come and take a look at things. Yaaaaaaay.

As you can see, really not that bad. Just very annoying.

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3431094.html

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aerye

As you can see, really not that bad. Just very annoying.

Uhhh, okay. That was not really what was going through my head by the time I viewed the last photo but—bully you for positive spin! Good luck with the various powers that be to make it right quickly!

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andrewducker

Oh, the hob is destroyed. But the damage was basically constrained to there, and the extractor hood.

The counter tops are fine, so the repairs are going to be annoying, but not massive.

From:

miss_s_b

Glad you're not burnted to death. No Andrew burnings!

From:

andrewducker

Me too! I'm against them!

From:

teaotter

I'm glad you're okay!

From:

andrewducker

Thank you!

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snippy

Yes, annoying. Still okay to whinge about it, though. Often the annoyance of dealing with aftermath is far worse than the immediate effect of whatever happened.

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darkoshi

Oy, I'm glad it wasn't worse, and glad you are ok!

Was the heating of the plastic on the hob simply a bad mistake? Or is that a normal thing to do with those kind of trays? I'm not familiar with them. Putting any kind of plastic on a hob or even in the oven sounds like a bad idea to me, simply from the chemicals that might leach out.

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andrewducker

It was a silly mistake. And also, from what I've found looking at it, a plastic colander also got melted.

From:

altamira16

Wow.

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marahmarie

Oh my ... *total shock face* First I'd seen of this. Glad you're OK and that the fire was apparently caught quickly enough to minimize damage (though if that were damage from a fire in my house I'd be pretty beside myself, but I tend to be a bit hard on myself about every damn thing).