This is about ten seconds away from a serious housefire. Better snap a photo.
Edit: On further consideration I think this is a roll of paper towels instead of food (maybe she put it on a burner and didn't realize it was on) but it was still in a kitchen so I vote it counts. I have lost many plastic cooking tools and Tupperware-style containers this way, though I have yet to cause an open fire. Electric stoves are tools of Satan.