Dontcha just love rumors?
Got an email this morning that spoke of a family whose home had burned down–the cause of the fire was a plug-in air freshener. So, figuring this was another half-way made up story, I hit Snopes in search. Yep. It’s just another urban legend.
According to Snopes, roots of the legend lie in a recall that SC Johnson did on their line of Glade Plug-ins–SC Johnson recalled a few models after it was discovered that a few had loose wiring. Glade plugins have never been established as a cause of fire; however other brands have–and in those cases, faulty residential wiring was ruled a possibility.
Just another reminder that you shouldn’t trust what you get in your email…
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