Ptolly-Totts
12-02-2005, 04:13 PM
Hi girls,
I received the email (below) from a friend, thought I would share it with you all... I know the facts are true as my daughter who is a librarian was informed by a fire warden from the fire department about this very issue when he visited her library..
FIRE DANGER:
This is one of those emails 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 his wife learned a hard lesson this past week. Their house burned down; nothing was left but ashes. They have good insurance so the home and most of the contents will be replaced. That is the good news.
However, they were sick when they found out the cause of the fire. They never suspected what the Insurance Investigator told them.
The Insurance Investigator sifted through the ashes of the house for several hours. He determined the cause of the fire and traced it to the master bathroom. He asked the woman what she had plugged in the bathroom. She said the normal things: curling iron, blow dryer.
The Insurance Investigator said, "No, neither of those two appliances would have caused this fire." The Investigator then asked if she had a plug-in air freshener in the bathroom outlet. The woman said, "Yes. I have a Glade Plug-In in the bathroom outlet." The Investigator raised his eyebrows and said, "Aha."
He said that was the cause of the fire and that he has seen more house fires started with the plug-in type room air fresheners than anything else.
He said that the plastic the air fresheners are made from is a VERY THIN plastic and that it completely disintegrates at high temperatures.
He also said that in every case there was nothing left except the prongs in the wall outlet to prove that it even existed.
When the Investigator looked in the wall plug, and the two prongs left from the plug-in were still in there. The woman had one of the plug-ins that had a small night light built into it. She said she had noticed that the light would sometimes dim and then go out. She would walk back 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 back on. That is one of the warning signs of the air fresheners with a night light.
The Investigator said he would never have any type of plug-in fragrance device, even the ones without the night light, anywhere in his house. He has seen too many homes that have 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.
I received the email (below) from a friend, thought I would share it with you all... I know the facts are true as my daughter who is a librarian was informed by a fire warden from the fire department about this very issue when he visited her library..
FIRE DANGER:
This is one of those emails 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 his wife learned a hard lesson this past week. Their house burned down; nothing was left but ashes. They have good insurance so the home and most of the contents will be replaced. That is the good news.
However, they were sick when they found out the cause of the fire. They never suspected what the Insurance Investigator told them.
The Insurance Investigator sifted through the ashes of the house for several hours. He determined the cause of the fire and traced it to the master bathroom. He asked the woman what she had plugged in the bathroom. She said the normal things: curling iron, blow dryer.
The Insurance Investigator said, "No, neither of those two appliances would have caused this fire." The Investigator then asked if she had a plug-in air freshener in the bathroom outlet. The woman said, "Yes. I have a Glade Plug-In in the bathroom outlet." The Investigator raised his eyebrows and said, "Aha."
He said that was the cause of the fire and that he has seen more house fires started with the plug-in type room air fresheners than anything else.
He said that the plastic the air fresheners are made from is a VERY THIN plastic and that it completely disintegrates at high temperatures.
He also said that in every case there was nothing left except the prongs in the wall outlet to prove that it even existed.
When the Investigator looked in the wall plug, and the two prongs left from the plug-in were still in there. The woman had one of the plug-ins that had a small night light built into it. She said she had noticed that the light would sometimes dim and then go out. She would walk back 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 back on. That is one of the warning signs of the air fresheners with a night light.
The Investigator said he would never have any type of plug-in fragrance device, even the ones without the night light, anywhere in his house. He has seen too many homes that have 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.