Have cooked fish for over 50 years with no problems... Decided to have some fillets and French fries. Cooked as usual on the stove in the kitchen. When I dropped the fries in , the grease overflowed and caught fire...Flames were over 3 feet high...caught the venthood on fire...first reaction was to put water on it...NOT on a grease fire...Did not have the lid out where I could smother it...could not get to it quickly.... I DID have a fire extinguisher handy...My wife and I have argued for years about having one in the open...not hidden out of view.....Had a bunch of clean up. Vent shorted out...OTT everything is ok...Bottom line....no matter how old and experienced you are... Follow simple fire precautions...I was very lucky not to lose my house....