House fires
Is this B.S.???
This is one of those e-mails that if you don't send it, rest assured someone
on your list will suffer for not reading it. The original message was
written by a lady whose brother and wife learned a hard lesson this past week.
Their house burnt down.. nothing left but ashes. They have good insurance so
the house will be replaced and most of the contents. That is the good news.
However, they were sick when they found out the cause of the fire. The
insurance investigator sifted through the ashes for several hours. He had
the cause of the fire traced to the master bathroom. He asked her
sister-in-law what she had plugged in
the bathroom. She listed the normal things....curling iron, blow dryer. He
kept saying to her, 'No, this would be something that would disintegrate at
high temperatures'. Then her sister-in-law
remembered she had a Glade Plug-In, in the bathroom.
The investigator had one of those 'Aha' moments. He said that was the cause
of the fire. He said he has seen more house fires started with the plug-in
type room fresheners than anything else. He said the plastic they are made
from is THIN. He also said that in every case there was nothing left to
prove that it even existed. When the investigator looked in the wall plug,
the two prongs left from the plug-in were still in there.
Her sister-in-law had one of the plug-ins that had a small night light builtin it. She said she had noticed that the light would dim and then finally go out. She would walk in to the bathroom a few hours later, and the light would be back on again. The investigator said that the unit was getting too hot, and would dim and go out rather than just blow the light bulb. Once it cooled down it would come back on. That is a warning sign.
The investigator said he personally wouldn't have any type of plug in fragrance device anywhere in his house. He has seen too many places that have been burned down due to them.
This is one of those e-mails that if you don't send it, rest assured someone
on your list will suffer for not reading it. The original message was
written by a lady whose brother and wife learned a hard lesson this past week.
Their house burnt down.. nothing left but ashes. They have good insurance so
the house will be replaced and most of the contents. That is the good news.
However, they were sick when they found out the cause of the fire. The
insurance investigator sifted through the ashes for several hours. He had
the cause of the fire traced to the master bathroom. He asked her
sister-in-law what she had plugged in
the bathroom. She listed the normal things....curling iron, blow dryer. He
kept saying to her, 'No, this would be something that would disintegrate at
high temperatures'. Then her sister-in-law
remembered she had a Glade Plug-In, in the bathroom.
The investigator had one of those 'Aha' moments. He said that was the cause
of the fire. He said he has seen more house fires started with the plug-in
type room fresheners than anything else. He said the plastic they are made
from is THIN. He also said that in every case there was nothing left to
prove that it even existed. When the investigator looked in the wall plug,
the two prongs left from the plug-in were still in there.
Her sister-in-law had one of the plug-ins that had a small night light builtin it. She said she had noticed that the light would dim and then finally go out. She would walk in to the bathroom a few hours later, and the light would be back on again. The investigator said that the unit was getting too hot, and would dim and go out rather than just blow the light bulb. Once it cooled down it would come back on. That is a warning sign.
The investigator said he personally wouldn't have any type of plug in fragrance device anywhere in his house. He has seen too many places that have been burned down due to them.
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I'd heard about this. 0 -
I have a friend that worked with an investigator and all he would/could tell me was never to use them.
I don't trust them. I personally don't know of any fire that I've responded to that they where the cause but we could have missed it. The way the burn up it would be possible. Especially if there was another cause that was close.
I would find another way to make your place smell good.0 -
i just went around and threw every d... one of them away, i hate those things, my wife and me have already had it out over candles[:(!][:(!][V] 0 -
quote:Originally posted by Smokeeater 38
I would find another way to make your place smell good.
A can of Bush's Best and a dog do it for me.0 -
I spill a little gin on the kitchen floor every time I mix a drink. That makes my house smell good. 0 -
Three cheers for everyone who believes every piece of crap they read on the web and direct their lives by it.[:D] 0 -
Does anyone have a large cotton ball - fireproof - with a TV, that I can live out my life in ??
Everything will kill or maim or infect you.
AAAcckk !!
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As said earlier, I heard of these starting fires several years ago.
Don't know if it's true of not, but seems they'd be knee deep in
lawsuits, and since, redesigned/solved the problem by now.0 -
Sounds doubtful. The first thing to look for with these types of chain e-mail warnings are the names of the people involved, the city where they live, the date of their disaster and of course the name of the insurance investigator as well as the company he works for. I see none of this is provided with the warning. 0 -
I preferre to use one of these.[:D] 
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My initial gut reaction was that this is BS, so I searched snopes and found this.
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/glade.asp0 -
However, I HAVE seen cheap surge protectors do it! 0 -
ssshhh! dont tell my wife,they just waste electric and give me a headache anyway, so two in the trash suits me,better safe than sorry[^] 0 -
This came as a chain email so I thought it may be bogus.
I was told once that chain emails are email address harvesters for spammers???0 -
well its like throwing gasoline on a fire, why would you want to heat up OIL, ITS FLAMABLE!!! 0
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