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Subject: hard lesson about air fresheners
A friend of mine's brother and his wife 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
what had plugged in the bathroom. They listed the normal things....curling
iron, blow dryer. He kept saying, "No, this would be something that would
disintegrate at high temperatures." Then, they 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.
The device in use had one of the plug-ins that had a small night light
Built in it. They had noticed that the light would dim....and then finally go
out. They would walk in a few hours later, and the light would be back on
again. The in0vestigator 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.