Tracey, my dad is always burning the burner covers. My mom, at one time, had back up covers for when he'd burn one. She also tried to get him to remove all of the covers when he used the stove. But that never worked. Then again, this is the guy that turned on the deep fryer (knowing my mom had removed the oil to clean it) and wandered why it was beeping. Luckily it has a safety feature and shut itself off.

I have also ran over things and had them burn. I think one time it was a tarp. You know the blue tarps? And that smelled horrible burning as well. When I see something like that on the freeway I always check in my mirrors to make sure I see it flying around after me.