Jigmaker
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Thought this was worth passing on: FIRE DANGER. 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 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 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 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.
>
>
>
> 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 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 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 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.
>
>
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