Why So Many In Game House Fires

I've only had it happen in the cheap apartment.

I think the chances of fire might have gone up.
I had my Sims visit a neighbours lot, another of my Sims families, and before they knocked on the door to visit I was notified of a fire on the lot. I looked in the window to see my other (currently unplayaled) Sim on fire in front of the fireplace! I had to Kock on the door and put out the fire to save her life. Was pretty cool actually.

"Sindocat;c-17176293" wrote:
I was getting frequent house fires in one save, until I realized that the incense burner, adjacent to any other item on a desk, was a fire hazard. I gave it some space for safety, and was fine.

Closest I have had to an oven fire is when my gas stove breaks, and has a jet of flame out the top, but that doesn't catch anything else. I try to avoid cheap appliances.

I think the BBQ fire was about being too close to a wood fence maybe. The fence is now stone. I wondered about flammable items andif the game took that kind of thing into consideration. That would be a Yes.

"JediMuppet;c-17176298" wrote:
I think the chances of fire might have gone up.
I had my Sims visit a neighbours lot, another of my Sims families, and before they knocked on the door to visit I was notified of a fire on the lot. I looked in the window to see my other (currently unplayaled) Sim on fire in front of the fireplace! I had to Kock on the door and put out the fire to save her life. Was pretty cool actually.

Seems like the chance of fire did go up. All in one day in my game. lol
Yikes! Wow and yeah, that was kind of cool in a yikes way.
Don't you just love the, Okay, we've got a fire but where is it? as you're hunting all over the area to see what's burning.

"Hermitgirl;c-17176040" wrote:
Do you have bad lot traits or unskilled sims doing the cooking? ... and yes I think there may have been a little tweak at some point in the last few patches. I've seen some more than usual but really not a lot unless you use certain things to cook on or they don't have skills.. or you give them miserable traits and have them cook while in a bad mood.

It seems like the chance for people to cook for themselves, especially on a tight budget with the §20,000 starting funds typically would struggle to keep up and on some occasions a nearby desk and the cooker can't be replaced if you are likely to get back half as insurance and you still only end up with §700 left in total. gaining the inspiration moodlet can help from showering thoughtfully before cooking which could help you reduce the house fires as you'll be in the right frame of mind for cooking. i haven't encountered house fires in recent playthroughs but it can happen even with the best cooker and you'd be lucky to get back in insurance 1/4 of the value it is worth plus damages to other things not covered that also need replacing.

One thing i dislike about when there is a fire on a lot is how random strangers just walking along just wonder into your house, unannounced and without permission and then proceed to make use of your place with no consideration to a fire in the house. Usually they leave right away after the fire is out, or a few hours afterwards. I mean would anyone of us walk into a building on fire to enjoy the place taking no notice of the fire that might kill us?

idk my fires are nonexistent as usual
i only had lava bomb couple days ago trying to cause fire
but then it started to rain so i wasn't allowed even that fun :(

i feel like negative things never happen to my sims though
which is funny because im just lowkey sitting there
waiting for something to go wrong :joy:
getting my popcorn ready :joy:

its like the game knows
I haven't even had one vampire break in since i got vampires either

only thing that seems to occur bit too much is aliens kidnapping one of my sims
but in a way thats no fun either because the sim is female so there aint even big loads of alien babies to take care of

Classic sims. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Though, I seem to experience house fires at the most awkward times. Most times it's a neighbor sim I was visiting or got invited from. No more than ten sim minutes of being invited over by Summer Holiday she was in the back bbq'ing and soon it caught on fire and her. She ha dran inside but she was still on fire. :T Would have quietly had my sim leave, but couldn't. Fortunately one of her roommates managed to put her out eventually. :p

Had starte da new family and dad had autonomously went to make something on the stove and then BOOM fire. Might have had something to do with the cheap oven. :#

Global warming

I have noticed this too. 3 fires on 3 lots in 20 minutes. No injuries though and they were quick to put out. Gunther Munch cooking hot dogs and Maaike making eggs and bacon. But then again EVERY time I play Maaike, she catches on fire within minutes of loading her lot lol

Nothing annoys me more than my upgraded fireproof fireplace constantly catching fire.