HELP! Gas ignition sparking on stove for no reason

[lynniep]

The hobs are turned off so no gas flow, but one of the ignitors is continually sparking. Help!!

oh, its ok, I just looked up the website, for anyone elses reference it says:

' Why does the ignition spark continue to operate?

This can be caused by the ignition actuator sticking down due to the ingress of grease or debris, the ignitor block within the body of the hob becoming short-circuited by a fault or more frequently by the ingress of water due to over enthusiastic cleaning of the hob or water boiling over onto the hob top and entering the appliance. If it has been caused by water ingress the problem will cure itself once the hob dries out, otherwise you will require a Corgi registered engineer to dismantle the appliance and effect a repair. On no account attempt to dismantle a gas appliance unless you are suitably qualified.
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DH has admitted to being overenthusiastic with the cleaning, and I therefore suspect this is an excess of water. So will wait to see if it cures itself.

At least he does clean the hob!!

Yes my old one did this after cleaning, as it dried it sorted itself out. Just turn it off!