| My
brother and his wife
learned a hard lesson
this last 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
my 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,
my 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 said
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.
My
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 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
burned down homes.
Something to be aware
of.
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