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| Photo courtesy Enumclaw Fire Department |
In the last couple of months the Enumclaw Fire Department has responded to multiple incidents that were caused by a family pet accidently turning on a burner on the stove.
Two of the incidents caused fires in the kitchen and one caused a natural gas leak.
Pets being the cause of kitchen fires is more common than you might think - try Googling "dog on stove."
Kitchen safety is not only for humans. Keep pets out of the kitchen while you're cooking and while you are not home.
Keep combustible materials off of stove tops at all times.
That applies to toddlers, as well, particularly if you have a stove with control knobs above the oven!
This happened at a family gathering. We were all in the dining room, the ham was sitting on top of the stove and “Lacey” wanted some. We smelled the aroma then the burning. She had turned the stove on trying to get to the meat. It was scorched but luckily, no fire.
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