Re: True fire hazard ??

From: djgordon (danigordon_at_bellsouth.net)
Date: 01/12/05 

Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 22:41:02 -0600

Eek, I would kind of like to see more facts on this one. I have one that the
night light part of it flickers all the time, but it's been doing it for
about 10 years. LOL

Dani

"Cathy M. Johnson" <johnsoncathym@cs.comhatespam> wrote in message
news:20050111173048.00723.00000070@mb-m24.news.cs.com...
> Is this true? I think I'll look it up on snopes.
>
> Cathy
>
> ***********************
> This was received from a friend whose friend is in the
> >property
> >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 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 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 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 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.
> >
> > PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO ALL THE PEOPLE IN YOUR ADDRESS BOOK.
> >NOT
> >ONLY COULD IT SAVE SOMEONE'S HOUSE, BUT IT COULD SAVE SOMEONE'S LIFE.

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