Don't try this at home

We were just going to pick up the laundry after breakfast at Taco Maya. However, the laundry wasn't done and we decided to wait for the parade...then five hours later we arrived back home to the smell of carbonized chicken soup and scorched metal. Seems like nobody checked the stove on the way out. The coffeepot was also left on. Is this any way for the family of a former fire chief to act? We are happy to report the house did not burn down. Or up.