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tuxedo-tara
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4 years ago
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Help! Why does my Sim's stove keep catching on fire?

So I think my sim's stove is cursed. I've replaced the stove over 10 times now. I always buy them the nicest stove you can buy without using a career reward and I've made sure there is a fire alarm ...
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    tuxedo-tara
    3 years ago

    This post is from a year ago, before wants and fears were a thing. I haven't played that save in over a year, which was also the last time I updated my game. In my original post I listed my stove is the best one you can get and my sims all have level 10 cooking. There is no rug placed in front of the stove and there is a fire alarm right above it. I think it was probably just a glitch with that save, which I started playing back when the game first came out. Older saves tend to have odd glitches like that.

    This new glitch people are experiencing does seem like it probably has to do with the fear of fire thing (maybe EA needs to tune it?)

    But my issue is old at this point and will probably just remain a quirk of that specific save.

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tuxedo-tara
Rising Scout
3 years ago

This post is from a year ago, before wants and fears were a thing. I haven't played that save in over a year, which was also the last time I updated my game. In my original post I listed my stove is the best one you can get and my sims all have level 10 cooking. There is no rug placed in front of the stove and there is a fire alarm right above it. I think it was probably just a glitch with that save, which I started playing back when the game first came out. Older saves tend to have odd glitches like that.

This new glitch people are experiencing does seem like it probably has to do with the fear of fire thing (maybe EA needs to tune it?)

But my issue is old at this point and will probably just remain a quirk of that specific save.

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crinrict
Hero+
3 years ago

There are many threads for kitchen fires currently and since OP came back and said this wasn't an issue for them anymore, I'm going to lock this thread.

Please use one of the following threads if you still have issues

- Reason inconclusive: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/My-Sim-Keeps-Starting-Kitchen-Fires/td-p/9636831/jump-to/first-unread-message (Please provide saves) 

- Upgraded Fireplace catches fire: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-Upgraded-Fireplace-catching-fire-a-lot/td-p/6390403

- Sims living on cursed lot: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/NEEDS-INPUT-Yum-Cooker-100-fire-chance-on-Cursed-lots-when/m-p/8829074

- Sims are in tense mood: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/Stoves-and-grills-catch-on-fire-every-time-they-re-used-while/td-p/10231792

- Sim has Fear of Fire: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/Constant-kitchen-fires-with-fear-of-fires-trait/m-p/11786105

- Campfires causing fires: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/Campfire-causes-too-many-fires/td-p/10032444

Sims with clumsy trait, low cooking skill and cheap stoves also cause fires but that's not a bug

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