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Hell’s Kitchen: Dog Turns On Stove, Fire Erupts
Published by MoonDog on November 13, 2009
A family had to escape their blazing home during the night after their dog managed to inadvertently turn on the stove and set their kitchen on fire.
Accidental arsonist Alfie the dog – now dubbed the “Alfonist” by the family – turned on a griddle attachment, which had a deep fat fryer on top.
Paul Gregson, his wife and two sons were alerted by the smoke alarm, but managed to get out safely with Alfie.
The house in North Wales suffered thousands of dollars in damage.
Gregson said Alfie, a flat-coated retriever who sleeps in the kitchen, was a known thief, and the family was careful as he had turned on stove knobs before, but the one in question was usually in the off position.
In what they called a “coincidence of events” this time, however, he managed to turn on the little-used attachment.
“We wouldn’t have heard him bark because we sleep at the opposite end of the house, and the first we knew was the fire alarm going off at 12:40,” said Gregson.
As soon as the family got downstairs, however, they could see the blaze at the far end of the kitchen and managed to “pull everybody out”, including Alfie.
The fire and heat badly damaged the kitchen, including melting the central heating controls, and even the door seal on the fridge.
Gregson said the first reaction was that they were “just glad to be alive”.
The family also wanted to thank the fire department for their quick response.
“I can’t give them enough praise, they were here within five minutes of my wife calling them,” said Gregson.
No word yet on whether Alfie will be sleeping outdoors from this point forward.
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