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I went to two dishwasher fires in my career. They both made a mess. Shut off water and rip unit out of cupboards. Most are only held in place with a couple screws. Carry outside to extinguish. Call insurance company (owners job). The smoke damage from a dishwasher fire can exceed $20,000 in damages. Repaint kitchen, repair/replace cupboards, dry clean clothing, carpets, drapes. What needs to be cleaned afterwards can be immense.
Oh wow. Yeah mine isn't anything close to that bad.

The inside of my dishwasher is all stainless steel. So the spoon flared up, melted into a puddle, but nothing else caught around it. I actually got it all cleaned up last night and ran another wash cycle with just detergent and it smells acceptable now.
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