The past week has seen several close calls for fires in apartments. The issue in both cases was using the stove top as a storage area and then accidentally turning on the wrong burner. This is not a new development in accidental fires, but I thought it warranted a blog post since we have had two instances in the last week that both could have resulted in in serious injury or death to the occupants.
My message here is to leave stove tops clear of anything except the pot or pan on the burner that is in use. by taking this basic housekeeping strategy, accidents can be avoided and the loss that goes with them.
