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Who in their right mind puts a towel on a cooking surface whether the surface is in use or not? That's begging for problems to occur.
I take it you don't have children.
I don't either, just saying...
If it's a child that's putting things on the stove that don't belong there (or any other hot surface) then it's a child that needs to be taught better by their parents.
Yes, if a child makes a mistake (which they absolutely will make quite a few), then the parents are supposed to educate the child better. That's a large part of parenting, nobody's disputing that. That's not the point though, the point is shit happens, and it only takes one mishap for all hell to break loose.
My roommate happened to burn like half of his entire back with 2nd and 3rd degree burns when he was 6 years old from hot grease on the stove. And he actually did know better, he just happened to have a mishap because he was young and a bit short to reach the stove properly.
Yeah maybe his mom shouldn't have allowed him to use the stove so young, but shit happens in a single parent household when mom is gone to work to earn money for the bills and food and stuff.