If you have a smoke alarm installed in your kitchen (or wash room if that's separate) that is a problem. Kitchens need heat alarms instead for this exact reason

If you have a smoke alarm installed in your kitchen (or wash room if that's separate) that is a problem. Kitchens need heat alarms instead for this exact reason; smoke alarms are too sensitive and are likely to be set off by other things (dust from linen, steam from a kettle, toaster, tumble-dryer, etc). In the UK, new residential construction puts heat alarms in kitchens and smoke alarms everywhere else. EDIT: If you have a dedicated central heating boiler room, that also gets a carbon monoxide alarm.