I am on my 5th family and still have not had any oven fires so I can praise anyone for putting it out. How can I get an oven fire?

Thanks for the quick reply!

ur welcome!

I have tried the trick above to try and get an oven fire but so far it has not worked. How long does it take and how many times do I have to stop them from trying to turn the stove off. My little people say they are turning off the stove instead of the oven, does that make a difference?

I've never noticed a specific event leading to an oven fire ... do your children ever play cook? That might lead to an oven fire, too.

How sick are we, BTW: TRYING to catch your kitchen on fire!

Yes, some of the children try playing cook but so far nothing has happened. And yes, I agree that we are sick to try and catch our kitchen on fire but that is the only way to get a trophy. Now that is really sick. Thanks for your time.

I had attempted waiting for the fire to start by interrupting my people every time they went to turn the stove off, I waited two hours before giving up....

As far as I can tell its fairly random and the stove does not need to be on long for it to happen. In my most recent family the single person living in the house at the time started to make dinner and as she was cooking the stove caught on fire (not that she noticed), it was the first time the stove had been used too.

I have had both the oven and the dryer lint catch fire when they have not even been used--no meal cooked and no laundry done, but suddenly they are on fire.

Yep, that's true ... My first oven fire occurred early in my very first family, before I had solved the necessary puzzles to put it out. In fact, I think that's what caused me to come into the LDW forums: concern that I was going to burn my house down before I ever got really started!

Same thing happened to me too. On my very first playing of the game, within 5 minutes of my characters new life, the oven was on fire and i had no idea how to fix it.

I guess we're ALL sick as we sit around waiting for our peeps to die so we can move to the next level!

im so sorry dickyjo i thought for sure that would work! forgive me? yes we r sick for trying to burn the kitchen down and even more so for waiting for them to die! but i love this game!

Ever since I upgraded the toolbox I never had another oven fire (and I had LOTS before that happen).
About turning off the oven, I always praise them when they do it, but I'm used to stop the action of "preparing a meal" before they do - and the oven was never on fire again.

ok i am having this same problem. the praising the (folowing) 9 behaviours trophy and all i need is an oven fire.
yes that is funny.
ajuma, what do u mean by that?
i have tried making a meal twice, with out turning off stove, and haaven't got one yet. but something very strange, i was doing laundry, and the machine lights were green and i did it again and i had a laundry fire. so i am surprised that it might not be the same for the oven fire.
thanks for everyone's help,
Xilodragon1

There is nothing that you can do to start a fire in the game. It's all random.

Too bad the trophy is not for the dryer lint fire, as I have more occurances of that than an oven fire. I guess my people are better chefs than the are laundry attendants.

ya that's for sure

I know a couple of people have said that about the toolbox, but I have definitely had an oven fire with the toolbox upgrade. It took quite a while, but I finally got it & the trophy.

Me too. So may oven fires before the toolbox then a loooong wait before another which is fair enough. The toolbox upgrade is supposed to lessen the risks of a stove fire occuring as the tools are supposed to be more superior making any fixings last longer. I also praised my peeps each time the fixed the oven but the trophy took a while to 'kick in' I think it was the fifth time I praised my ma peep that the trophy notice finally popped up and appeared on the score board. Same with the hic cups too. Not had it occur on any other game though, so maybe it was a one off for me.

Wow, if all these events are random I've got the most unlucky family! In the last 2 1/2 days I've had at least 6 oven fires, easily 8 sink leaks, and several of each shower and toilet clogs! And then there's the terrible emails that have taken huge progress and money. My poor family! My poor nerves! LOL
Maybe I should buy that toolbox sooner than later.

Oh my goodness, finally! My oven caught fire for the first time in generation 5 of my family. The husband was cooking dinner for everyone and I guess he needed more practice!

Finally have all 9 praise trophies

Congrats Lyssaria!

Thanks kissy! I knew I shouldn't have bought that toolbox right away in generation 1.. it's best to wait to get the trophy first >_<

Congratulations Lyssaria! Can you send me 1? I need 1 more oven fire and 1 more kung fu.

Welcome back OrionsRose.

I need 1 more kung fu too for my Rainbow family.. I'll try to send a villager over with a torch and we'll see what happens LOL. I just hope the villager understands what an oven is and doesn't try to make a campfire in the middle of the living room.

It sometimes tells me turn off stove... will it work in the same fashion?

Nope, turning off the stove just means they hadn't shut it off after cooking a meal so you'll see a pot or pan on top of the stove cooking away.

Leaving it on won't start a fire just like all the other actions.. a fire is a completely random event just like the other appliances breaking down. If you do catch a fire, there's much more to it than just putting your person down on the stove, they'll just point out that the oven's on fire.

thank you Lyssaria

How do you put out the oven fire? I keep putting mine next to the oven and they say "The oven's on fire!" but I can't get them to pick up the extinguisher or get water or anything. I could use some help because now they can't eat!

I got it finally! Thanks!

My boy is too young. home alone (older brother in college, both parents dead.

he doesn't know what to do....me neither! LOL