Jbb
11-20-2004, 05:10 PM
Sent this to me......I checked at Snopes and it said undetermined.....I thought it was still worth mentioning....Snopes link at bottom...
Subject: Something to think about. This was sent to me by a fireman.
>
>
> Please read it could save your family.
> 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.......
> Sent from a friend____" 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.
>
http://www.snopes.com/toxins/glade.asp
Subject: Something to think about. This was sent to me by a fireman.
>
>
> Please read it could save your family.
> 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.......
> Sent from a friend____" 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.
>
http://www.snopes.com/toxins/glade.asp