I’ve noticed for years now, that green beans sometimes arc when microwaving them.
Tonight I was heating up my dinner plate, and had green beans on it. I covered with a paper towel to prevent spattering. While I was microwaving, had it set for 30 seconds, my mom called me over to look at something on TV.
When I turned around after about 5 seconds to see how many seconds left, I saw that the paper towel had caught on fire, probably due to the green bean arcing! I stopped the microwave, but the fire kept going and set the rim of plate on fire as well, I just left the door shut until the flames went out.
It smelled terrible and wasted whole plate of food, had to throw away, food was covered in ashes.
So I’d advise to be careful about microwaving green beans, because they do frequently arc. But this is the first time I’ve had it actually catch fire.
