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I'm sorry to hear about the fire. It wasn't long ago that Dh woke up one night, ran into the kitchen to ask if could smell something burning. I couldn't smell anything in the kitchen, but could smell it when I got back into the hallway leading to the bedrooms. It was that electrical smell of melting wiring, and plastic, but not really a smoke smell, and there was no visible smoke anywhere. When the smell continued, Dh called the fire dept. They came, searched, checked breakers, etc., but couldn't find anything either, however, the smell remained. They finally brought in thermal imaging equipment, and at about the same time the AC stopped working. Yes, it was the AC unit in the attic at the back end of the house. When they opened the panel on the AC unit, it had just started to actually burn, and there was a very small fire. Until then it was overheating, and melting stuff inside the unit, but had not actually caught fire, so there was no actual smoke to set off the smoke detectors.
My normal routine would have been to finish up in the kitchen, and fall asleep on the couch watching tv. It's doubtful I would have gone into the back of the house, and noticed the smell. I am thankful he was off work, and home that night, otherwise I probably would not have woken up until it was too late.
Way to go Ida!
I'm sorry to hear about the fire. It wasn't long ago that Dh woke up one night, ran into the kitchen to ask if could smell something burning. I couldn't smell anything in the kitchen, but could smell it when I got back into the hallway leading to the bedrooms. It was that electrical smell of melting wiring, and plastic, but not really a smoke smell, and there was no visible smoke anywhere. When the smell continued, Dh called the fire dept. They came, searched, checked breakers, etc., but couldn't find anything either, however, the smell remained. They finally brought in thermal imaging equipment, and at about the same time the AC stopped working. Yes, it was the AC unit in the attic at the back end of the house. When they opened the panel on the AC unit, it had just started to actually burn, and there was a very small fire. Until then it was overheating, and melting stuff inside the unit, but had not actually caught fire, so there was no actual smoke to set off the smoke detectors.
My normal routine would have been to finish up in the kitchen, and fall asleep on the couch watching tv. It's doubtful I would have gone into the back of the house, and noticed the smell. I am thankful he was off work, and home that night, otherwise I probably would not have woken up until it was too late.
Way to go Ida!