stove

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Authorities say the fire started in the carport after Hales, 46, failed to turn off a propane tank to a stove she was using to make tortilla chips and left it on overnight.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

She and her wife, who live in Powys, were unable to make a cup of tea so a friend came to their house with a camping stove to boil water.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

Sitting in a bare cell, the papers at his feet and a stove beside him, he reads the first few.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Despite the ongoing dangers he and his wife are trying their best to create a festive atmosphere, gathering firewood to bake cakes on their stove.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

I made an early start to split kindling against the day we put up the school stove.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck