General Chat

It sometimes is not necessarily a real wiring fault that starts a fire..for example a bad connection....continually plugging in and out, instead of switching off first, can cause a burn mark on the plug pins and sockets,causing eventually overheating and a fire.....
although a loose connection in a wallsocket can have the same result..
Especially with extension lead multisockets....

They think an electrical fault. It seems to have started in the wall behind a brand new unused albeit plugged in microwave that's sat there for a year. We had a bad storm the night before and there had been power flickering on and off and surges which might have been involved. Her house had been completely renovated finishing last summer, fully inspected all wiring changed. It might just be one of those unexplained fires still waiting for the insurance people to show up and inspect!

Glad she is ok. Goodness what a shock though. Any idea what caused the fire?

Make sure you have them and they work.

I spent most of yesterday helping a friend who left her home literally for ten minutes to walk her dogs before a road trip. She was still on our road, when neighbours heard her alarms going off. In the fifteen mins max from her leaving to the fire brigade showing up and quickly dealing with it....the whole house was full of smoke. When it happens it can happen fast, if she'd been home those seconds would have meant the difference between life and death.

Better safe than sorry check them today.