ash pan full of pellets

This morning when I came down stairs If found my ash pan was FULL of smoldering pellets. apparently when I did my nightly scrape of the burn pot, I moved the pot out too far and all the pellets overnight went behind the pot and into the ash pan. I shut it down immediately and they are still smoldering (one hour later) all the fans are still running to clear out the fire chamber but I am worried that all that smoldering has done some damage of some sort. I am going to wait until it is completely out before I go to work and then clean it all out when I get home tonight. is there anything I should check before firing it back up?

Any help is, as always, greatly appreciated.

thanks,
Bill

After cleaning everything out and making sure the burn pot is seated PROPERLY, the stove is back up and running (maybe even better than before).

Thanks for the re-assurance guys!

Bill.