Is you home at risk of a fire?

[Terminator]

I don't normal pass on, circulation emails, but the text of this one, did concern me. We even had one of the little night lights that behaved exactly as described below. We stopped using plug ins some time ago as I was concerned how "charred" looking some looked after using them with several refills.

 

Certainly worth thinking about.

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House fires - please read !!!!!

 

Received from a friend who is in the insurance property business. It is well worth reading.

 

The original message was written by a lady whose brother and wife learned a hard lesson recently.

 

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 built in 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.

[michael]

Bathroom... mains plug... there's your problem.

 

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/glade.asp

[Rob]

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/glade.asp

 

Dontcha just hate smartarses?

[michael]

Dontcha just hate smartarses?

 

I do.

 

BTW... too slow

[Rob]

I want a recount, how many seconds were involved?

[Thorin]

Bathroom... mains plug... there's your problem.

 

I was just thinking that, well done on busting out teh Snopes.

[bradleyh_15]

its good practice to unplug anything thats not in use especially over night! if you are that worried about this sort of thing contact your local fire brigade as we carry out home safety visits to give advice about such things! its also worth checking any spot lights you have installed in your house to!

[Digsy]

HOWEVER.....

 

 

Go and check the small print in your home and contents insurance and I bet you will find a clause saying that you are not covered for damage caused by fire whose root cause is specifically the malfunction of an electrical device.

 

I spotted this on my last renewal and was told it was pretty normal practise. When I double checked the previous policy sure enough it was there too.

 

Apparently what you are meant to do in that case is claim from the manufacturers of said malfunctioning device.

[tooley]

me and the mrs have furious rows over plug ins she is so bad that we have 2 in some rooms and the chemicals in them long term have been said to be lethal.....i hate them and im just about to copy and paste the above to her in the hope she will see sense