Exploding oven

I just singed my eyebrows. I've never done that before. I couldn't figure out where the element was on this little oven in my kitchen in Mbita, and I was trying to light it with a match (gas element, of course). It took me a while, sticking matches in various places. I turned off the gas in between, but I guess some got caught in the lower part of the oven. When I opened it and stuck a match in, it exploded out at me. So my eyebrows got singed, as did the front part of my head hair, my eyelashes, and my forearm hair. Now the kitchen smells of burnt hair, and I look a bit odd. Not terrible, and hopefully after a shower it won't be noticeable.

On the bright side, I got my oven lit and ate two warm Dutch caramel-filled wafers. Yum.