*Luckster stumbles into kitchen* "WTF is that smell? I can't see anything in here." *Luckster lights match* *Luckster meets God*
LOL! Just kidding. You are very lucky your oven or the surrounding walls didn't catch on fire. Your apartment sounds like an old one. That style is called "railroad apartment" b/c it's like a train. Long, skinny and you have to pass thru one room to get to another.
ps
Who let the smoke out? *Poof---poof-poof-poof* Lather, rinse, repeat.