Sounds like a faulty burner started a blaze at a beach hotel in Oregon. Here is an excerpt from an article on the subject:
A fire that damaged the Tolovana Inn in Cannon Beach early Tuesday probably began on the range in the kitchen, Cannon Beach Fire Chief Cleve Rooper said.
The hotel staff was cleaning carpets on the third floor in one of the hotel’s five buildings and had piled furniture on top of the range, Rooper said. The fire started when one of the burners was accidentally turned on. Firefighters were called to the hotel at 7:24 a.m.
