Danger of Portable Gas Stoves
Thanks to my friend Petra in Holland for pointing out this article. The potential (if rare) danger of these stoves is documented in it for all to see and judge the risks.
Read the referenced article if you regularly use a portable gas stove at the table. At the least, make sure that you are using a reputable design, but you might want to switch to an electric model as has the author of that article and his family and friends.
Atrocious accident that should never happen to anyone. It seems entirely predictable that the people who built it and sold it have run like cowards ...