Yesterday while cooking I set off the smoke detector, no I did not burn anything. They go off when I cook over a high heat. And yesterday once they started going off they would not stop. I ended up having to disconnect them all (they are hard wired with an interconnect) and I replaced them this morning. Aaaaaaaand let me tell you, I had a sleepless night last night knowing there were no detectors installed.
https://www.southernliving.com/how-often-should-you-replace-smoke-detectors-8774122
don’t sweat it. decades ago nobody slept with them and did just fine. you’ll be ok for one night.
People die every day in house fires, dumbass.
Decades ago i survived a house only because I had left an empty aerosol can of mousse in a pile of clothes. That pile started burning and caused the can to explode and wake me. Otherwise the fire would have consumed me as well.
that’s an interesting way to instantaneously combust. did they determine what the source was?
It was a space heater, I had it on a timer (we had no heating in that part of the house) and I thought I had turned it off. My laundry pile was too close to the heater, it ignited the laundry which caused the can to rupture.
The fire was isolated to my room, and my dad and I got it extinguished before the fire department arrived. We lived 20 miles outside town.
I forget what the exact cause was listed as in the report, but it was not the same as the actual cause.
that fire chief did you a solid by not including the ignition source in the official report.
if they had, your insurer would have denied any claims had you made any, and your premiums would have increased since your risk assessments would have changed.
glad to hear nobody was hurt and it wasn’t a total loss.