Well since we're telling stories about being silly. I took the top off my caiman enclosure and placed the heat lamp on the shelving unit to clean the enclosure. Later, I was smelling some smoky smell, and I don't have a good sense of smell. I could not find the source anywhere. I looked for so long, I almost just gave up and thought it was something outside. Then finally, I remembered that heat lamp sitting on the wood shelf. Yea, I almost burnt my house down.