Stove was on when I came home..

[kayl84]

I came home to my apartment probably about 4:30 today and when I got home I smelled gas. Now the grass had just been cut by the old ride on mower so I assumed it was that. I have been in and out of the house and I JUST realized at 10:30pm that the cat must have been walking against the stove and turned one of the knobs. My stove was HOT AS HELL. I have the fans going and I've opened windows/cranked up my AC.

My carbon monoxide detector hasn't gone off so I'm thinking that it shouldn't be an issue, but I have no damn idea. Has this happened to anyone else?? What should I be doing differently?

[Deleted]

Take the knobs off since you aren't ever there. Glad the cat isn't dead.

[daisyn]

Are you saying your cat turned on your stove or you forgot to turn it off?

[kayl84]

Jun 10, 2017 21:41:37 GMT -5 daisyn said:

Are you saying your cat turned in your stove or you forgot to turn it off?

I'm saying the cat is gifted and obviously has been cooking while I'm gone. OVERNIGHT, @bigtowlittletoe. No wait, I was gone a whole 15hours. WTF, cray cray.

Daisy, I'm saying she has a habit of playing with the knobs, but it hasn't ever gotten to the point of being so playful that she moved it. I haven't used my stove in 3 days, I've been using the microwave for everything so it definitely wasn't me.

[kayl84]

Cat's life > human life obviously.. seriously are you INSANE?

[McGavin]

Never change, kayl.

[cville]

Huh.

[mooselovah]

Are you sure your bf roommate wasn't there trying to find some peace and quiet. Hanging out eating his own food.

Cause that's some special cat you have.

[yaga]

CO is not natural gas, so your stove being on won't set off the alarm.

[snipsnsnails]

The gasoline smell from the mower is different from the smell of natural gas. But if you have a gas stove, the stovetop would only be that hot if the flame was ignited. Or do you mean the oven was hot?

Keep your windows open and circulate in fresh air.

[kayl84]

Jun 10, 2017 21:48:40 GMT -5 mooselovah said:

Are you sure your bf roommate wasn't there trying to find some peace and quiet.

He moved out. The gf and him bought a place. That's not my business though, he hadn't been at the apt for weeks according to my bf. I've been staying here mostly because my schedule has been crazy along with his and it's just easier to make time to see each other before or after work.

The gas stove has been on. At what point do I worry or is it all okay since my carbon monoxide detectors have not gone off?

[mooselovah]

Jun 10, 2017 21:51:33 GMT -5 kayl84 said:

Jun 10, 2017 21:48:40 GMT -5 mooselovah said:

Are you sure your bf roommate wasn't there trying to find some peace and quiet.

He moved out. The gf and him bought a place. That's not my business though, he hadn't been at the apt for weeks according to my bf. I've been staying here mostly because my schedule has been crazy along with his and it's just easier to make time to see each other before or after work.

The gas stove has been on. At what point do I worry or is it all okay since my carbon monoxide detectors have not gone off?

You don't need to worry. This never happened.

In the future open all windows and leave them open for a few hrs.

[niemand88f]

One of my friends' cats did this but they didn't catch it in time, there may have been something on or near the stove too. It started a fire in her kitchen and destroyed half of it. They had caught the cat doing it before, and usually removed the knobs when they weren't cooking but forgot this time. Cats can definitely turn a knob on a stove, don't know what to say about the rest of this though...

[kayl84]

Jun 10, 2017 21:50:33 GMT -5 snipsnsnails said:

The gasoline smell from the mower is different from the smell of natural gas. But if you have a gas stove, the stovetop would only be that hot if the flame was ignited. Or do you mean the oven was hot?

Keep your windows open and circulate in fresh air.

The entire TOP of the stove was that hot. There was no flame ignited and it looks as if it has been unignited gas leaking out.

[AutumnRose25]

Your cat turned the knob by walking past the stove?

That is one tall cat!

[snipsnsnails]

I suspect she means the cat turned the knob operating the oven? That would explain the heat. And perhaps the cat also messed with a stovetop knob as well, leaking out some gas? If this is all the case then, yeah, you should make sure your detector is working and keep circulating air.

[kayl84]

Jun 10, 2017 21:53:24 GMT -5 niemand88f said:

One of my friends' cats did this but they didn't catch it in time, there may have been something on or near the stove too. It started a fire in her kitchen and destroyed half of it.

She's never done it to the point that it has even been able for the knob to move. It used to be pretty hard to do, but just out of sheer curiosity I'm walking past my kitchen before and I was like. UUHHHH I STILL SMELL GAS...OH SHIT...and saw the knob slightly turned.

She walks on the edge of the stove if nothing is ontop of it.

[kayl84]

Thanks snips for the serious response.

[themysteriouswife]

Drugs are bad okay

[kayl84]

Jun 10, 2017 21:59:40 GMT -5 themysteriouswife said:

Drugs are bad okay

Yeah definitely not on drugs. But sure.. whatever you want to say. I frankly was just worried I was gonna have to call the FD and didn't want to blow up the damn house.

[AutumnRose25]

When I'm worried about a possible gas leak, I definitely get on an online message board instead of calling the fire department.

[TrickyBob]

If it was hot, the oven was on. If the stove itself was hotter than what it would be with the oven on...you should probably not let your cat play with matches.

CO alarms only react to CO. Natural gas, as said, is not CO. So no alarm will sound.

I suggest leaving a crockpot cooking booklet out for the cat when you go away. It is much safer.

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[minerswife17]

With my gas stove you have to push in the knob and then turn it to ignite. Your cat is talented.

[W.T.Faulkner]

Jun 10, 2017 21:53:24 GMT -5 niemand88f said:

One of my friends' cats did this but they didn't catch it in time, there may have been something on or near the stove too. It started a fire in her kitchen and destroyed half of it. They had caught the cat doing it before, and usually removed the knobs when they weren't cooking but forgot this time. Cats can definitely turn a knob on a stove, don't know what to say about the rest of this though...

I knew cats were assholes, but arson is a bridge too far. 

[MixedBerryJam]

Jun 10, 2017 21:53:46 GMT -5 kayl84 said:

Jun 10, 2017 21:50:33 GMT -5 snipsnsnails said:

The gasoline smell from the mower is different from the smell of natural gas. But if you have a gas stove, the stovetop would only be that hot if the flame was ignited. Or do you mean the oven was hot?

Keep your windows open and circulate in fresh air.

The entire TOP of the stove was that hot. There was no flame ignited and it looks as if it has been unignited gas leaking out.

I pretty much don't understand any of this   I get that a cat can randomly fiddle with a knob and turn it   so sure that could cause a leak. But a natural gas leak doesn't smell like gasoline. And if the stovetop was hot that means a flame was burning so there wouldn't have been a leak in the first place. and neither of those situations would have set off a CO detector anyway. 

[sofamonkey]

[AutumnRose25]

This reminds me of the time I came home and found my dog grilling on the back patio.

[cville]

If the top of the stove was hot and there was no visible flame or smell of gas...I think it's an electric stove.

[flex]

::sigh::