Remember a little while back there was a problem with fridge freezers catching fire? ISTR the manufacturer was a bit lax in making the problem public. Well this weekend an elderly lady in this area died in a fire in a bungalow despite having a fire alarm. Source of blaze was yes you've guessed it. Make of appliance not yet known.
Tragic (avoidable) Fire Death
Mar 03, 2014
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In article , bert writes
I try to see the positive in every post but without a citation your post is at best worthless hearsay.
Well things do go wrong, and until you have more data on this one its pointless speculting. Brian
This one?
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Owain
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In message , fred writes
I try to see some point in every post but this leaves me baffled.
That's the one.
Thank you Andy. I thought it was Beko but I didn't want to mention any names until I was sure. Hopefully I will soon know the make involved in the fire.
Well aware of that, no link as yet to that maker (yet) and no details were offered in the o/p, now provided by another helpful poster.
In article , bert writes
The point is that without a citation (now helpfully posted by another), your post is no more reliable than a few housewives gossiping at the corner of their street.
In message , fred writes
If you can't take my post at face value then please killfile me.
In article , bert writes
Ooooh, the drama . . . . .
The make in question was BEKO and applied to one or two particular models.
As I already owned a BEKO fridge-freezer I looked them up. And far from being cheap and cheerful BEKO was founded by some Turkish chap trying to replicate in Turkey the success Merloni had had with Indesit in Italy. By establishing a manufacturing base in Turkey to produce white goods of equivalent or better quality.
michael adams
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Please note that other makes of household appliance have also been known to catch fire.
Shame the story doesn't mention the make of the defective fridge.
That's not true though is it. The housewives would be the starting point for further investigation by those able or capable of doing so.
This is what happened with the jimmy saville case, just because a victim can';t say when where at what time and give all the information requitered doesn't make their input worthless.
This group is more like a group of (usually quite well informed) grumpy old men gossiping at the corner of their street. :-)
Colin Bignell
In article , Nightjar writes
That housecoat does _not_ suit you :-P
Oh come on! By that measure much of the net is worthless.
You are capable of using google I take it?
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