FW: House Fires...

[rolskii]

FW: ..... FW: House fires - please read !!

Hi, I've heard of this before and think it is worth passing on. It came to me from a very reliable source.

This photo was taken at the scene of a house fire that occurred over the weekend.

I've never heard this info before...

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-lawremembered 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

[bobbler]

Oh dear...the weekly hoax email.

[GrahamS4]

That's not a UK socket is it?

[jimbo1234567]

surely you shouldnt have any plug sockets in the bathroom????

[GrahamS4]

surely you shouldnt have any plug sockets in the bathroom????

Not in the UK, no.

That's not a UK socket is it?

However other countries do.

[rolskii]

Oh dear...the weekly hoax email.

Does it say April 1st .......? NO

Do people love the smell of artificial roses coming out there plug sockets in the world ... YES

Is this an international web site ...? YES

So to all you dis-believers ....

as they say ... "ignorance is bliss"

[rolskii]

surely you shouldnt have any plug sockets in the bathroom????

As long as its minimum 1mtr away from any flowing source of water and correcty protected ..... why not ..

... if u know y wiring regs ...

[jeffw]

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/glade.asp

[GardinerG]

Cheers Jeff, snopes is a great site.

[rolskii]

Nice find Jeff .... thats the original I guess ....

[mikeyquattro]

16th ED states that it should be SELV and out of reach from shower or any other point from which there is a water source

[Philws4]

And be protected by a 30mA RCD

[GrahamS4]

... if u know y wiring regs ...

Ahh good can you explain part p to me?!

Or is that building regs?

[mikeyquattro]

Part P is part of the inspection and testing. I did a C&G2391 for work but failed

[rolskii]

I got 16th ed. but not part P, it was a 3 days course a 4yrs ago, no so now......
16th ed. is soon to be 17th ed. so more exams for u sparks out there ....
but part P is to sign of new and additional installations, moves or changes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_wiring_%28UK%29