So I built an Arc Welder in the kitchen...

We were trying to leave early for a 3-day camping trip on the coast. Wife unit decided to make some muffins for the road (Blueberry & Raspberry). When she checked on them the oven heating unit had a small fire. No big deal, crap drips on it all the time. Turn off oven, pull out muffins, close door, give it a second. Open back up, fire is now a bright light...

Evacuated the cats to the car, sprayed the sumbitch with the dry chem extinguisher and it still wouldn't got out. Called the FD in who determined the electrical had shorted inside the oven itself. They killed the breaker, doused the arc weld, and hauled the oven to the patio after a cool-down.

No damage (except the oven), and we had to clean every damn thing in the kitchen and dining area. Oh, the muffins were ruined. Berkeley me.

Boooo... no muffins suck.

Nice. Glad the cats are OK Remember to take them out of the car.

Electrical fires are scary. Too many different ways to get hurt. Glad you got quick response from the FD guys who apparently knew just how to handle it. Just be glad that the worst thing is having to buy a new stove, but you got a kewl story to tell!

Had a similar situation w/ the electric range last year while baking at 400, less the FD. Heard an odd beep from the unit, opened the oven door to find amid the all smoke from the now ashen food that the elements had gone balls-to-the-wall glowing red, as if it they were in some hyper self-clean mode.

Simple right, just turn off the oven.... nope, no way, nada. Controls wouldn't work AT ALL and there was an 'F1' code on the display. Scratch head, find breaker, turn breaker off and that killed the now 700+ degree out of control beast.

Operators manual said F= fault code, call a qualified serviceman... yea right, while the unit continues in melt down. I still can't believe there was no frickin' way to shut the unit off from the control pad. After cool down it was out the door, no way I'm trusting a repair on that evil POS.

Wow, glad you're okay. That's scary!

I rented a duplex with a couple other guys right after I got out of school. One night I was in the living room watching TV and one of the roommates was cooking something in the kitchen. All of a sudden, there was this blinding white arc light coming from the kitchen door...

The electric burner on the stove top had shorted out, and was spitting molten balls of metal all over the kitchen. It was pretty exciting having to reach in past the burner to turn it off. :)

Dang, that is a bitch about the muffins. Just glad that and the stove were the only major casualties.

Fires are scary and I'm glad it turned out ok. That could have been baaaad. How old was the oven?
I'm glad I read this, that way I'll think to kill the breaker on any fire in case it's electrical.

No muffins sucked. My stomach is still pissed.

Oven was somewhere between 1996 (year house was built) and 2006 (year we bought said house). It was a good oven until this.

Note to self and others, when it's an electrical fire, shut breaker and call FD. Dry-chem extinguishers are useless. Also they suck to clean up.