"Donna Ohl" wrote in message
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The top element of my 6-year-old General Electric GE JBP24B0B4WH oven went
on electrical fire and the top bake element broke open when the fire
department put it out.

Pictures at http://www.flickr.com/photos/donnaohl

I need advice since this is the first time my oven went on fire all by
itself.

The fire department said replace the oven.

Coworkers told me I can just replace the burned out top bake oven element.
Whose advice should I follow?

Can I just replace the bake element (or is the oven really kaput)?
Can anyone tell me what actually caused the fire (it wasn't food)?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/donnaohl/2923845906/



I would contact GE regarding this. There may be a history of problems with
this oven or a recall. Look in your yellow pages or online for appliance
parts. The oven is not that old so I would think that parts are still
available. Have you contacted your homeowners insurance company? The oven
may be covered.

Without taking the oven apart it is difficult to assess what other parts may
have been damaged from the fire. It is possible that the wiring for the
stove top burners got damaged. I vote for a new stove and a different model
as well.