When will my stove be safe to cook on again?- It burst into flames due to my own

[brainia2]

stupidity? This is my first time living on my own. In college I ordered pizza all the time & ate at the cafeteria with roommates. Since living on your own costs more I decided I'd take up cooking to safe money which obviously means using the stove- Something I admit I have virtually no experience with. When I moved to this new apartment there were these sticky stains on the stove that no amount of harsh scrubbing could remove and even clorox bleach couldn't get out. So finally I resorted to using a bit of nail polish remover. I knew the stuff was flammable, but I figured as long as the stove was off it'd be ok. So I put a little bit on and the sticky stuff came off!! I was so happy, because I literally tried EVERYTHING in attempting to get whatever that sticky substance is off. It worked so well I decided to cover the rest of the sticky spots covering a whole corner of the stove. I left it on there for 3 minutes to allow the product to eat away at the sticky stuff and suddenly the entire stove top went up in flames!! I'm not kidding. I was about 2 feet away from the stove when suddenly POOF The entire top of the stove Lit up with flames that went almost as high as the wooden counter tops. Then it began to spread to the fridge and a tiny slit portion of the side of the fridge began to up! Naturally I freaked out and I couldn't remember if you're supposed to use water or not when taking out these types of fires, but then I realized I didn't really have anything else, but water at my disposal anyway so I quickly partially filled up a pot with water and splashed it on the fire. It immediately went out. But since the fire started on it's own without me lighting the stove or anything I filled up another pot of water just in case and doused the stove. I'm really shaken up. Plus I'm afraid to leave the house or go to sleep now in case it god forbid starts up again! I realize now that I was stupid in what I did and that a stove doesn't have to be turned on to ignite. I also don't know when this thing will be safe to use again. If I don't touch it for a month will that be ok? What should I do??