Consequently, when I was a home inspector from October 2001 to August 2005, the boss taught me to keep on the lookout for causes of home fires because they make good personal interest stories for the Clients. Damage was estimated at $1 million to the home and $1 million to the contents, making this a $2 million candle! I like candles just as much as the next person, but either attend to those candles or put them out!
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Rarely does the newspaper or the television follow up on what caused a house fire. Once the big news is over with -- big fire, property damage, personal injuries or deaths -- well, all the news that's fit to print or talk about is over with. Each day brings new doom and gloom -- no time for old doom and gloom.
Earlier this month there was a fire at a "6,791-square-foot luxury home" in Poway, about 30 miles northeast of downtown San Diego. Of course, at that time, "the cause of the fire is under investigation." Now we find out -- in a follow-up story in the paper, no less -- that the cause of the fire was an "unattended candle inside a room" (gotta love how the papers write nowadays -- I might have guessed that the "unattended candle" was out by the swimming pool if they didn't tell me it was "inside a room"). Nonetheless....
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Jim, I guess that I why I usually just use candles for decoration. That was one pricey candle!!
Jun 21, 2009 12:29 PM
Real Estate One - Commerce, MI
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Yes a little wind can make a candle a blow torch sometimes. Curtains or any thing else close can blow into them
Jun 21, 2009 12:58 PM
Callahan's Home Inspections - Casper, WY
Jim I was so happy when about a month or two ago my wife ditched her beloved Yankee candles for a new thing called "Scentsy" It uses a night light bulb to heat scented wax.
Jun 21, 2009 12:58 PM
Benjamin Realty LLC - Gold Canyon, AZ
East Phoenix Arizona Homes
Good advice -- I always worry when seeing them lit at holiday events -- that someone might tip them over.
Jun 21, 2009 01:04 PM
Crye-Leike (Sango) - Clarksville, TN
Real Estate Professionals - Clarksville TN
That must have been a fancy candle. For that money you would think it would have come with a guard..
Jun 21, 2009 01:26 PM
Coldwell Banker Realty ~ 512.750.6899 - Austin, TX
NW Austin ~ Canyon Creek and Spicewood/Balcones
Hi Jim,
You have a valid point. We have a friend that is always making sure our candles are out if they come over from drinks before we leave for dinner. As a young boy their home burned down so he is always checking and rechecking if candles are out! He has made me more aware and I appreciate that!
Jun 21, 2009 01:27 PM
Toronto, ON
I generally don't use candles personally and I never light or recommend candles any for an open house. I have seen some open houses with unattended burning candles in several locations in the same house. A disaster waiting to happen.
Jun 21, 2009 01:32 PM
HomeSmart Realty West - San Diego, CA
Realtor & CDPE, Mission Valley specialist
Hey, Marchel - I like candles for their aesthetics, so if I find one I like, I rarely burn it. There is a candle store here that also has some very fragrant candles.
Hey, Russ - I have a friend who likes candles. Her house must have a candle per square foot in it, if not more, and when she invites us over for a meal or a movie, she always has all the candles lit. It makes for a nice effect but I always worry about her when we leave. What if she forgets to put out just one of those candles?
Hey, Dan - Isn't your wife a Texas Longhorn? What the heck was she doing with Yankee candles to begin with? LOL
Hey, Bob and Carolin - Halloween and Christmas are the two worst holidays for candle fires here in San Diego, so it was unusual to read about a fire in June that was caused by a candle.
Hey, Tim and Pam - Not only a guard, but perhaps an automatic flame snuffer. Surely with all these little computer devices we have, someone could invent the automatic flame snuffer candle that snuffs itself out if no one has been in the room for more than five minutes.
Hey, Dorie - The trials and tribulations of living can teach one lessons a lot better than reading about them in a textbook.
Hey, Marc - I like to use candles at open houses, but they are the scented or unusual candles. I would never light a fire in someone else's home unless it had an automatic lighting function on it, like the stove or furnace.
Jun 22, 2009 12:04 PM
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