Why is my sim catching fire so often?

"Simmerville;c-17920019" wrote:
Well, it is probably the cheap stove, but I use it in many houses and there were no fires to speak of until yesterday. Both "chefs" were elderly, but with decent cooking skills. The neighbor yesterday also has max Handiness skill, but still had 2-3 stove fires in one day. I had a feeling something was c hanged, but I did not patch anything since 2 weeks ago, so the latest patch can not be it.

I'll keep my eyes open, there's somethin' strange going on, and someone might die...

"Simmerville;d-991272" wrote:
She has cooking skills 5 and is preparing simple food. Every time she starts cooking she catch fire. It getting ridiculous. I checked lot traits because I think there is a trait causing this kind of things (gremlins?), but no, the only traits are Good schools and Filthy.

Now she needs to cook a birthday cake for the twin kids, but she seems to spend all the day in the bath tub getting clean after being on fire. Again and again... They resides at 2B Jasmine Suites at Spice Market. Yesterday the same happened to the neighbor - well skilled sim catching fire several times during one day when trying to cook simple stuff like a toast.

The Spice Market is currently heavily polluted, but I don't quite see how pollution should have a say?

What am I missing?

"EgonVM;c-17920211" wrote:

"Simmerville;d-991272" wrote:
She has cooking skills 5 and is preparing simple food. Every time she starts cooking she catch fire. It getting ridiculous. I checked lot traits because I think there is a trait causing this kind of things (gremlins?), but no, the only traits are Good schools and Filthy.

Now she needs to cook a birthday cake for the twin kids, but she seems to spend all the day in the bath tub getting clean after being on fire. Again and again... They resides at 2B Jasmine Suites at Spice Market. Yesterday the same happened to the neighbor - well skilled sim catching fire several times during one day when trying to cook simple stuff like a toast.

The Spice Market is currently heavily polluted, but I don't quite see how pollution should have a say?

What am I missing?

That says everything. Industrial eco footprint increases the chance of fire happening. I have had it happen a lot, too. I thought it was because I had both industrial eco footprint and Cursed lot trait. But after seeing this... This is concerning.

For me, it has to be nerfed. My sims has to start fire 2-5 times before they can successfully make a meal in industrial neighborhood.

"EgonVM;c-17920211" wrote:

"Simmerville;d-991272" wrote:
She has cooking skills 5 and is preparing simple food. Every time she starts cooking she catch fire. It getting ridiculous. I checked lot traits because I think there is a trait causing this kind of things (gremlins?), but no, the only traits are Good schools and Filthy.

Now she needs to cook a birthday cake for the twin kids, but she seems to spend all the day in the bath tub getting clean after being on fire. Again and again... They resides at 2B Jasmine Suites at Spice Market. Yesterday the same happened to the neighbor - well skilled sim catching fire several times during one day when trying to cook simple stuff like a toast.

The Spice Market is currently heavily polluted, but I don't quite see how pollution should have a say?

What am I missing?

That says everything. Industrial eco footprint increases the chance of fire happening. I have had it happen a lot, too. I thought it was because I had both industrial eco footprint and Cursed lot trait. But after seeing this... This is concerning.

For me, it has to be nerfed. My sims has to start fire 2-5 times before they can successfully make a meal in industrial neighborhood.

"Mstybl95;c-17920055" wrote:
Maybe it's elders that start fires more. Maybe they're trying to simulate early dementia or something like that.

"Simmerville;c-17920479" wrote:

"Mstybl95;c-17920055" wrote:
Maybe it's elders that start fires more. Maybe they're trying to simulate early dementia or something like that.

It might very well be a combination of things where elders adds to he "bad luck". I'll test a bit the next time I play a younger sim in a polluted hood, to see if they also start fires as easily as elders obviously do..

"Simmerville;c-17919955" wrote:

"Nate_Whiplash1;c-17919939" wrote:
I don't know, but I would do everything you can to promote it

Ha! You want your sim to catch fire?