Guest guest Posted February 12, 2005 Report Share Posted February 12, 2005 I have just received this from a good friend. It really is frightening how fires can start at home. Luckily we don't use any of the gadgets in question and my son has also informed me that these types of air fresheners contain many harmful chemicals which can make you very ill after breathing in the fumes, i.e. bronchitis, colds, etc... this comes from an EPA investigator visiting our place of business. The uppermost question in my mind is...if this information can be verified and they are truly this dangerous, it is hard for me to conceive why they are still on the market! All the Best, JoAnn Please read. It could save you, your family and your home. 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. Thought I would warn you all. I had several of them plugged in my house. I immediately took them all down. PASS THIS ON TO ALL THE PEOPLE YOU KNOW!!!! This is one of those e-mails that if you didn't send it, assuredly, someone on your list will suffer for not reading it...... (P.s. The artificial fumes from the so called " freshner " would probably have killed them in the long run so just as well they found out - Hjalmar) AIM Barleygreen " Wisdom of the Past, Food of the Future " http://www.geocities.com/mrsjoguest/Diets.html Read only the mail you want - Mail SpamGuard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 12, 2005 Report Share Posted February 12, 2005 I think this is a hoax: http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_plug_in_air_freshener.htm I would be concerned about the toxic chemicals in it though. But not as a fire hazard. ---- I have just received this from a good friend. It really is frightening how fires can start at home. Luckily we don't use any of the gadgets in question and my son has also informed me that these types of air fresheners contain many harmful chemicals which can make you very ill after breathing in the fumes, i.e. bronchitis, colds, etc... this comes from an EPA investigator visiting our place of business. The uppermost question in my mind is...if this information can be verified and they are truly this dangerous, it is hard for me to conceive why they are still on the market! All the Best, JoAnn Please read. It could save you, your family and your home. 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. <snip> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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