7 year old Son got really scared because he is very young and he didn't understood what happened. The good thing is, at that point of time you were there. I can be wrong but in my opinion we should stay with children when they are cooking because sometimes these kind of incidents can happen.@tobixen, In my opinion good to hear that the situation got in control and in my opinion your
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I don't think he got seriously scared (for sure it must have been scary when the flames erupted), I think it was a useful lesson for him.
Just i shared my concern and i agree with your point Lesson.