Post by Resident on Jun 30, 2004 8:40:31 GMT -8
This is a copy of an email that was sent to me today:
Friends of mine learned a hard lesson this last week. Their
house burned down...nothing left but ashes. They have good insurance,
so the home 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 my
sister-in-law what she had plugged it 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, my 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 home fires
started with the plug in type room fresheners than anything else.
He
said the plastic they are made from is a THIN plastic. He said 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.
My sister-in-law had one of the plug-ins that had a small night light
built in it. She said she had noticed that the light would dim....and
then finally go out. She would walk in 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 burned
down homes.
Thought I would warn you all. Just so you know, this e-mail is accurate
as per the below website.
Friends of mine learned a hard lesson this last week. Their
house burned down...nothing left but ashes. They have good insurance,
so the home 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 my
sister-in-law what she had plugged it 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, my 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 home fires
started with the plug in type room fresheners than anything else.
He
said the plastic they are made from is a THIN plastic. He said 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.
My sister-in-law had one of the plug-ins that had a small night light
built in it. She said she had noticed that the light would dim....and
then finally go out. She would walk in 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 burned
down homes.
Thought I would warn you all. Just so you know, this e-mail is accurate
as per the below website.