Propane explosion below cooktop

[NWtraveller]

I found this thread after having a bad experience this morning.

We have a 2018 5.0 TA with the 2 burner suburban cooktop. I was cooking breakfast when we had a propane explosion. The lower cabinets all blew open with flames that surrounded me. It was really scary! My hair is all burned around my face, eyebrows burned, even my pubic hair as my robe blew open and actually caught on fire. I jumped outside and threw off my robe and poured water all over myself. I now have burns on much of my legs and on one arm. I think that I will be ok. Only one spot has blistered so far. I used lots of cold compresses. After a double dose of Aleve, I’m feeling fine, though I was in quite a bit of pain with the burns earlier.

Meanwhile, my husband is trying to troubleshoot the cooktop. We’ve found that one of the aluminum lines to the burner has separated from the flange, just like others have said. What a dangerous situation! I will be reporting it to both Suburban and ETI. I’m pretty sure that we are beyond warranty at this point.

I had thought that I’d smelled propane for a few days but the propane detector never went off so I thought that perhaps I was imagining it. Pay attention if you smell propane!