GLADE: PLUG-IN FRAGRANCE DEVICE
Not sure if this is true, but it makes sense. Better safe than
sorry.
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 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 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.
sorry.
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 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 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
Published 4/17/07 ALT MSN Group
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It is false -- gif is nice though
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