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A Winnipeg woman says she never imagined her dog could start a fire on her stove, but now she's warning the public that's just what happened — and she says she didn't find out a safety recall had been issued for her appliance until after the fire.

Michelle Burkowski had new Samsung appliances, including a range, installed in May 2024, and says she was initially very pleased with them.

But one day in May 2025, she came home to find her house filled with smoke and a fire burning on the range.