My first gas range had no pilot lights. Strike match, open the valve, count to 3, touch match to ignite opening of oven. If match goes out, close valve, count slowly to 10 and then repeat. My roommates girlfriend forgot the last part and struck a second match and applied it to the ignite opening and flashed an oven full of gas. No eyebrows or eyelashes and 2nd degree burns to face. Not a pretty sight for a few weeks.











