Received from a friend who is in the property
>
> insurance business. It is well worth reading. This is
>
> one of those e-mails that if you didn'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 his wife learned a hard lesson this
>
> past week.
>
>
> Their house burned 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 plastic. 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
>
>
>
> insurance business. It is well worth reading. This is
>
> one of those e-mails that if you didn'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 his wife learned a hard lesson this
>
> past week.
>
>
> Their house burned 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 plastic. 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
>
>
ModMMax
New member
Thanks REDMATER. Just learned something. My wife has those things all over the house. I'll pass this on to her.
Mookster
Member
I wouldn't go unplugging them all MM, especially near the bathroom... 
This one has been around for a while, changes a little over time, but I wouldn't sweat it.
http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_plug_in_air_freshener.htm
-Mook
This one has been around for a while, changes a little over time, but I wouldn't sweat it.
http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_plug_in_air_freshener.htm
-Mook
hey a big price to pay for a 3.00 trinket.buy the puffer model and sleep at night lol