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Air Freshener Causes Fires Warning
Octover 2004
These are those plug-in air fresheners that generate a little electrical
heat to make the scent disburse. As long as they are not damaged, they
are highly unlikely to cause a fire.
According to a faq on the glade web page.
I have read postings on the Internet alleging that Glade� PlugIns�
products have been involved in fires. Is this true? SC Johnson recently
learned that there have been postings on the Internet that have claimed
that our products were involved in fires. It is important that you know
that all of our PlugIns� products are safe and will not cause fires.��We
know this because PlugIns� products have been sold for more than 15
years and hundreds of millions of the products are being used safely.
Because we are committed to selling safe products, SC Johnson thoroughly
investigated these rumors. First, we confirmed that no one had contacted
SC Johnson to tell us about these fires or to ask us to investigate
them. Additionally, we had a leading fire investigation expert call the
fire department representative who is identified in one of the Internet
postings.��That fireman indicated that he has no evidence that our
products had caused any fire. ...
Subject: FW: Please Note !!!
Thought I would pass it on....... I received this from a friend.
Friends: 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.
Copyright 2004 by Jay Jennings
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