Hello!

This morning, when I turned on the oven (to toast a bagel,if you wanted to know), it made this fizzling (shorting out)sound, and sparks flew out of the edges of the oven. I turned it off, unplugged it, looked inside, and found a little flaming blob on the bottom element. After the smoke cleared, I touched the little blob,and have decided that it is probably melted metal.

Is this a typical element burn-out sequence, or a symptom of something more -sinister-, and I should scrap the entire unit?

Thanks in advance,

MaryM

Thanks!!!
M