Glad to hear that it wasnt anything more than a house full of smoke ( all though it may take awhile to get the smell out)
I had 2 incedents. The first is, I took a pot off a hot burner, shut it off, but didnt put anything back on top of it. That is when my cat, Phrank, jumped up onto the burner and burned his foot. Now, I always have a teapot filled with water to put on any burner I have just used so the cats, me and my family dont have a similar incedent.
The second incedent. I was at work and busy with a patient. The receptionist came to me and asked if i wanted to speak to my wife. I told him that unless the house was on fire, i dont because im busy. No more than 5 minutes later, I received another call from my wife. The receptionist said, doc, you have to answer this one, there is a fire in your kitchen !!!!! Me and my big mouth... Anyway, I got on the phone. It turns out that the night before we reheated some chinese food in the oven. the food was in those aluminum tins so we just threw the whole thing in to heat up, not realizing that the tin had a small hole in it and the grease dripped out all over the heating coil. Anyway, the next day, my wife preheated the oven,the grease caught fire and smoke was everywhere ( which is when she called me). I told her to grab the baking soda and throw it on, which she did and it extinguished the fire. the fire was contained to the oven so it wasnt a big deal. But , as mentioned above many times, the kitchen is a potentially dangerous place, and things should be checked, double checked and not taken for granted. I learned that almost the hard way.
*** the first phone call was just a ' what do u want for dinner' call. The fire hadnt started yet. It was just bizarre how minutes after i made my sarcastic comment, the fire started and i received the second call***
larry