Stove top fire , cleaning my GRXL44 oven,

If element caught on fire, I would suspect stove needs cleaning. Do that then elements should not smoke for long. (I hope all moisture was removed from stove!!!)

Never use oven cleaner on the stove top. It eats through the gas tubing inside causing fires.

you need to replace that element ASAP. It is shot

no its not you will needed some one to look at this to see if it can be repaired or can you claim for a new one on house insurance as it caught fire

F05 has to do with the self cleaning mechanism. I know it goes with out saying, but sparks and smoke are a bad thing. i would strongly suggest turning off the breaker and calling in a service person.

Smoke means extreme heat or FIRE is melting something..
Please be safe and have it fixed..

If the water has been dried up, it was most likely the drip pans. Water is non flammable, sorry i couldn't help myself. If water was the problem there would be sparks and buzzing noises first.

just scrape out the residue and clean it again.

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You said, your self-cleaning oven (Frigidaire) caught fire while cleaning.
Any recalls on this problem? Stove was purchased about one and a half years ago.

Please give me the model number so I may check for recalls!


If you attempted to clean the oven with drippings or heavy food on the bottom of the oven from spills,
then you can have a small fire in the oven .
But it will burn out.
The user guides all tell the reader that if you drip or spill food in the oven to first, "wipe out loose soil to reduce smoke and avoid damage!"

this a common complaint when the element burns out it is scary to see but all you need to do is replace element