I was making delicious food the other day, and I had spilled some food in the oven.
I decided that after I had all my food items ready to eat, I was going to turn on the cleaner in the oven and let it do its self-cleaning thing.
I sat at the table really working on some vegetables I wanted to prepare the next day and I heard an unusual noise. I looked at the oven and it was on fire. I didn’t know how to turn off the cleaning cycle and the door was locked shut. I could just lay there and stare at the oven hoping it would not catch the whole house on fire. It had become so hot in the home that I turned on the a/c, but I couldn’t cool it down. I had the ventilation fan turned on and it didn’t seem to be doing anything except making it worse. I thought all of the a/c was being dragged out through the ventilation fan. I was opening windows and doors, but nothing was really doing any good and I was starting to worry. My hubby came upstairs and looked at the oven which didn’t have any more flames. He turned up the speed on the ceiling fan and he changed the setting on the a/c from fan to high cool. In my haste to eliminate the heat of the fire, I hadn’t paid attention to where I had the AC setting. My smarter half told myself and others he would check out the oven once the cleaning cycle ended, but I should not open the door until it had sufficient time to cool down. I took a deep breath when he went back to what he was doing, because once he again he had made myself and others feel more at ease.