Gene,
Our burner controls face out like a regular stove and are not covered by the stove top. They have a detent to set to light and a sparker like a outdoor grill has to ignite. My two gransons and a neighbor boy also were in the camper at one time and one of us must have moved the control to the light detent. The boys know not to touch things so I assume it was an accident as the narrow space between the sink and stove we could have brushed up against it.
Burl,
Yes, it was a close call. My neighbors there said a camper blew up last year at the camp when the owner opened it up for the season.