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Important safety information
Important safety information
Fire safety
WARNING
To reduce the risk of re, electric shock, personal injuries, and/or death, observe the
following precautions.
• Do not store, place, or use ammable or combustible
materials such as paper, plastic, pot holders, linens,
curtains, gasoline or other ammable vapors or liquids
near the range.
• Do not wear loose tting or hanging garments while
using the range.
• To avoid grease buildup, regularly clean the vents.
• Do not let pot holders or other ammable materials
touch a heating element. Do not use a towel or other
bulky cloths in place of a pot holder.
• Do not use water on a grease re. To put out a grease re, turn off the heat source and
smother the re with a tight-tting lid or use a multipurpose dry chemical or foam-type
re extinguisher.
• If a grease re should occur in the oven, turn off the oven by pressing the OFF/CLEAR
button. Keep the oven door closed until the re goes out. If necessary, use a multipurpose
dry chemical or foam-type re extinguisher.
• Do not heat unopened food containers. The buildup of pressure may cause the containers
to burst and result in injury.
• NEVER use this appliance as a space heater to heat or warm the room. Doing so may
result in carbon monoxide poisoning and overheating of the oven. Do not use the oven
for storage. Paper and other ammable items stored in the oven can ignite.
• Do not leave items such as paper, cooking utensils or food in the oven when not in use.
Items stored in an oven can ignite.
• Do not use the oven to dry newspapers. If overheated, newspapers can catch on re.
• DO NOT TOUCH THE HEATING ELEMENTS OR INTERIOR SURFACES OF THE OVEN. Heating
elements may be hot even though they are dark in color. Interior surfaces of an oven
become hot enough to cause burns. During and after use, do not touch or let clothing or
other ammable materials contact the heating elements or interior surfaces of the oven
until they have had sufcient time to cool. Other surfaces of the appliance may become
hot enough to cause burns. Among these surfaces are oven vent openings and surfaces
near these openings, the oven door, and the window of the oven door.
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