The toaster, is toast.....
By susan
@sueznewz2 (10409)
Alicante, Spain
November 12, 2015 7:23am CST
Our toaster went up in flames yesterday...., maggs224, was doing some toast, when she went through to the sitting room, to answer the phone... and a couple of minutes later noticed Blue smoke coming through the flat, so had to finish the call....
When maggs got to the kitchen it was full of blue smoke and flames coming out of the toaster.... she pulled the Burning toast out of the toaster and into the sink, then she covered the toaster with a towel, as some bread was stuck in the toaster still burning....
Anyway.... she got everything under control.... we just had to clear the flat of the smoke....
we washed the surfaces and cupboard doors as well, to get rid of the smell, but I could still smell it this morning , so may have to do it again....
Still all is well .... except the toaster of course, which is toast, history, broke and in the bin....
Have you ever had a small fire like that.... ??
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@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
12 Nov 15
OHHH thanks, that's a good idea... we'll give it a go... 
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@Marilynda1225 (91013)
• United States
12 Nov 15
I've had a toaster fire and not only does it smell horrible but I was lucky it didn't set my kitchen on fire.
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@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
12 Nov 15
Yes it does smell horrible.... and it is still noticable in the kitchen....
@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
12 Nov 15
Not sure @marlina we are checking out the different offers in various stores....
@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
12 Nov 15
Yes thank you Simone, it was fortunate that no one was hurt, or any real damage done either.... it could easily have been a lot worse....
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@simone10 (54180)
• Louisville, Kentucky
15 Nov 15
@sueznewz2 It's scary to think about. I do think a new toaster is in order
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
12 Nov 15
I've never had that happen in the past thirty years, but I was in a couple of small house fires when I was younger and living with my parents. It wasn't from appliances catching on fire though. One time the back of my pajama top caught fire when I was about thirteen as I was making breakfast at the stove. My dad was in the room and put it out for me.
Another time, when I'd moved back home after a divorce, I think, I accidentally left the wires from a lamp or clock on the heater units lining the walls, which were electric. That melted the wire and caused a small fire in that part of the house. When I was much younger, my mother took my brother outside to trim his hair and forgot about a skillet she had on the stove with grease in it. With that fire they had to replace a portion of the kitchen. The only one I remember was the one on me.
I didn't realize you knew or lived with Maggs.
If there is still smoke in the house, if you cut an onion in half and put it on a plate in the kitchen it will absorb all the smoke left in the house.
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@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
14 Nov 15
I'm sorry you've had so many scary encounters with fires.... but thanks for the idea of using the onion to get rid of the smoke.......and yes i've known and lived with them for many years now....
....and yes i've known and lived with them for many years now.... 1 person likes this
