Home Fire Danger

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.
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>
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It is funny that Jigmaker would bring up this subject because my wife just threw out the plug-ins that she had in our house about a week ago after hearing the same exact thing. She works with a wife of a firefighter so we took heed and yanked 'em as fast as we could. Thanks for the heads up Jigmaker!
 
thnaks jig i almost was gonna buy it good thing i dont umm i dont know how pass on but have hubby help me there is somethin my email about makin sep11 a umm day for firefighters day think it great idea almost got num of people make it official kinda neat they work hrd they give their lives so they deserve it kid dad died he one ogt idea what kool thin have if dad knew he be proud :cool:
 

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