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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/MindfulMewtwo989 on 2024-09-08 17:13:11+00:00.
Pretty much as the title says, still shaking as I type this. Was trying to call someone on my phone and had my galaxy bud in my ear as usual. Went to put my pan of frozen chicken tenders in when all of a sudden my earbud slid out of my ear and rolled to the very bottom of the oven. Not the bottom surface of it; just perfectly in the opening where the heating element was. Oven was maybe about 240 degrees.
I went to retrieve it but it started smoking something fierce and I panicked. Bud + rechargeable battery in a hot environment not a good thing. I've never really had an incident like this before, so in my panic I grabbed the fire extinguisher and give it a little spray until the smoke stopped and called the fire department because it was still trapped and, in my mind, at risk of bursting into a serious fire.
Proceeded to feel stupid when they told me to let the oven cool down, unscrew the bottom cover of the oven and get the headphone out. One of the firefighters even joked it may still work once I fished it out lol.
TLDR: Galaxy earbud rolled to bottom of oven when I tried putting food in. Thick smoked started while oven was still warm, I panicked and called fire dept and used fire extinguisher. All is well though :)