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It was about, oh, 25 or 30 years ago, I guess. Some oil or grease that had bubbled over or spilled from frying pans or pots of the several previous years had accumulated under one of the eyes of the stove. One day I was cooking something and had that eye turned all the way up to its highest setting. The eye was glowing red and then, suddenly, it was a blazing fire! Apparently that accumulated grease and oil underneath the eye had caught fire. I battled the blaze by trying to smother it with wet towels until, finally, I got it under control. By that time I was just about to call 911, but I had ruined a bunch of bathroom and kitchen towels. It was scary.

— Ron