A Towering Inferno??

Last night Dave and I decided to have a simple dinner of hamburgers. Since there's still a thick layer of ice and 2 inches of snow on the grill, oh and its too darn cold to go outside, I decided to try broiling the burgers. I looked up online how long to cook them for and where in the oven to place them. I came to a consensis of 8 minutes for medium burgers. At the 7 minute mark I started hearing popping and I could smell grease burning. I open the oven door to peek in and I sure enough I see the grease from the burgers popping and shooting up and sparking when they hit the oven's elements. This is causing some smoke to build up in the oven. I close the door and wait out the last minute of cooking time. When the timer goes off, I open the door to pull out the burgers. I find the entire top of the broiler pan in flames this time! I close the oven door again and turn off the broiler. Hopeing not to set off the smoke alarms (since Zack is napping), I open the back door and turn on the exhaust fan.
Now, I'm thinking to myself, How can I extinquish the flames, get rid of the smoke without Dave noticing because I know I'll never hear the end of it from him. I remember that I opened the back door...ahh haa! I'll quickly take the broiler pan outside. Well, I guess the flames were too big for Dave to NOT notice. I take one step towards the back door and I hear him say "OH MY G-D!!" I take one more step towards the door and the flames go out. As I'm walking to open a window to let more smoke out, I'm telling Dave that I'm just glad the smoke alarms didnt go off....and BAM they go off!
Any normal person would wake up right away right? Dave and I turned off 3 out of 4 alarms before Zack even stirred awake!! This actually has me a little concerned should there be a real fire.