> Say what you will about knobs

It's exactly the same. The dogs paw would turn it on with a bump.

Same for gas, except it wouldn't ignite, just possibly blow up the apartment.

Unless you claim new knobs require a double action...then so could new touch buttons ( our touch induction took multiple actions to turn on which a dog could not do)

Don't leave things on the stove is a good lesson here perhaps.

I'd also hope the fat was not hot when they left it unattended.

I assume the firefighters were alerted early by modern tech, not people yelling out.