Fire Danger / Warning

[MrADeveci]

Just got this email from a friend .......... I actually have two of these in my house ..... I'm going to be unplugging them now!!

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Subject: FIRE DANGER - Something to think about

This was received from a friend in the home insurance business. It is well

worth reading.

This is one of those emails that if you didn'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 his wife learned a hard lesson this

past

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 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 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 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 into 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 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 homes that have been

burnt down due to them.

PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO ALL THE PEOPLE IN YOUR ADDRESS BOOK. NOT ONLY COULD

IT SAVE SOMEONE'S HOME, BUT IT COULD SAVE SOMEONE'S LIFE.

[Chris.S]

Thanks for that mate well woth knowing, luckily I dont have any in the house

[javadude]

Anything like this always smells (he he sorry for the pun, errr actually no I'm not) like a hoax to me. Sure enough, check here: http://www.hoax-slayer.com/glade-plug-in-fire.html

[Fidgits]

Interesting..

You would think that they would have to have passed lots of test to prove this doesnt happen, otherwise they wouldnt be allowed to sell them..

[Jiberjaber]

Urban Myth

http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/pluginfire.html

http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_p...r_freshener.htm

[MrADeveci]

hahha damn ! .... I'd better get the things back out of the bin

[Fidgits]

damn...

here was me hunting for the urban myth (unsuccessfully i might add) and i come back with some feeble evidence, and find i was beaten to it earlier :(

I did find this though, which was probably the 'spark' (excuse the pun) for the myth...

[MrADeveci]

Err.... ok I'm confused now.

Mine are "AIR WICK" anyway ............ ?

[Fidgits]

why are you confused?

THere was a product recall on early ones because they could burn you - they have never, nor could they, spontaneously combust and cause a large enough flame to burn your house down...

[MrADeveci]

No confused in a sense .... if the email was a hoax or not ........ but I see what you mean now :D

It's only 9.20am ... I've not long woke up ...... or i'm still in the process of waking up :D

[Fidgits]

yes the email was a hoax....

[Mr Morse]

As long as the air freshener is a genuine one with the CE logo it should be fine.