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House fires--Please Read

House fires--please read!!!!!

House fires--please read!!!!!
Received from a friend who is in the insurance property business. It
is well worth reading.

This is one of those e-mails 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 wife learned a hard
lesson this past week.
Their house burnt down.. nothing left but ashes. They have good
insurance s o 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 THIN. 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 back
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.

Posted by Dr Hanh Vo on 03/20/2008 03:50 PM

Comments (10)

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10 Comments on House fires--Please Read

Thanks for the heads up! My wife uses those things all the time.

03/20/2008 03:56 PM

by Eugene Jones (Royster Real Estate)

Dr Hanh Vo, This is an urban legend. It is not true. Check it out at snopes.com It has been circulating on the internet since the 90's.

03/20/2008 03:57 PM

by April Hayden-Munson Realtor, Southeastern Wisconsin (RE/MAX Realty 100)

I have heard this before. I hope that it is not true as I use these all the time.

03/20/2008 04:03 PM

by Sharon Harris (AllQuest Real Estate)

Here is the link April referred to http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/glade.asp

03/20/2008 04:03 PM

by Vanessa Krempa (Prudential New Jersey Properties)

Thanks to those who exposed this as an urban legend. I'd hate to throw mine away.

03/20/2008 04:07 PM

by Richard Dolbeare (Century 21 All Islands)

I stopped using these as soon as I read this. Thanks for passing this on so other can be aware.

03/20/2008 04:19 PM

by Angela Meeler (Keller Williams Atlanta Partners)

Fire safety and prevention is something dear to me. This past December my family and I suffered from a fire caused by an extension cord. Thankfully we did not loose everything but lost enough and were forced to live in a Hotel for a month and half through Christmas and New Years. my 15 year old lost everything as the extension cord was in his room. I am very cautious about anything plugged in especially air freshners because a dear friend of our family also lost everything do to a plug in air freshner. ! This is so important, thank you for sharing this with everyone !

03/20/2008 04:32 PM

by Crossville TN Real Estate Melissa Grant Lake Tansi & Fairfield Glade Waterfront (Third Tennessee Realty and Associates)

So many things can cause a fire. In the Navy we were taught that extension cords are temporary. When you are done with it for the "day" you unplug it. If you need a longer cord then make one permanent.

03/20/2008 06:18 PM

by Denise Allen Realtor@ Chesapeake (GSH Real Estate)

Thank you all for quick responses. Thank April and Vanessa for let us know the urban legend has been in snopes.com. It is now become a reminder for us to check and unplug all electrical appliances of our home when they are not in-used. Have a nice week end.

03/20/2008 08:58 PM

by Dr Hanh Vo, CB Diamond/Heartside

Hi Hahn. My father in-law sent me this via email. Thanks for the reminder.

03/21/2008 03:43 PM

by Vincent Martinez (Prudential Network of Homes)

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