Eli5: why aren’t kitchens in closed off rooms

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Kitchens are typically open, connected and viewable from another aspect of a house. I understand that that’s a pro for ventilation however, if a kitchen fire were to start, wouldn’t it be better to have it be in a closed off room that you can just easily shut a door too? For example, if a kitchen was placed in an area that could be used as a bedroom, wouldn’t that be good for stopping the spread of a fire if one were to occur?

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A proper house always has a separate (closed off) room for kitchen. Accessible via a door from corridor or from the main hall / hallway. If you do not have this, you are living in a poor man’s house. Sorry, no offense intended.

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