Originally Posted by
Hulalulu
Had a co-worker whose teen age daughter left the iron on after pressing something she wanted to wear to school that day -- all would have been fine, but the cat jumped on the ironing board, and the iron fell when no one was at home -- you guessed it -- house fire.
That's why I have a iron cage on my ironing board. The iron cannot be knocked off or pulled off. My young grands are in my sewing room a lot so this is mandatory, no exception.