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If you are simmering, baking, roasting or boiling food, check it regularly and use a timer to keep you on task. - Keep anything that can catch fire- oven mitts, wooden utensils, food packaging, towels, curtains, cook books, cords, etc. away from your stove top. - Keep alert!  If you are sleepy or have consumed alcohol in excess, don't use the stove or stove top. - Have a kid-free zone of at least three feet around the stove and where hot food or drink is prepared or carried. ## If You Have a Cooking Fire - Keep a lid nearby when you are cooking to smother a small grease fire.  Smother the fire by sliding the lid over the pan and turn off the stovetop.  Leave the pan covered until completely cooled. - For an oven fire, turn off the heat and keep the door closed. - Call 9-1-1 and get out of the house. - If leaving the house and waiting for the fire department, close the door behind you to help contain the fire. 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