You have had a very lucky escape, believe me the fumes and mess are nothing in comparison to how badly burn't you could have been,you may have missed my thread on my niece and her hubby who were burnt in a kitchen accident, in their case only a very small amount of oil was the culprit, and because they had a gas hobb and not ceramic top, a small amount of condensation of the lid spilt on the gas hobb and went on flames, anyway to cut a long story short my niece has third degree burns to her foot, I posted pics and would again, but it won't let me do it today, she has to have 2 months of work, a skin graft has been done, and it is not pretty.

I am just so glad you are ok, the result could have been devastating, if I were you I seriously would not use cooking oil again, or very little in my cooking, I use oven fries and low fat cooking spray, so the danger is minimal, I take extra care now after what happened to my niece as it can happen so easily.

I am sure you got a whale of a fright, and I am just relieved to hear you are ok, please take care .