gjnic
02-05-2005, 11:58 AM
Hi all,
Just a wanted to vent to poeple who understand. Yesterday at my mat, I smelled smoke but could not see it. I checked behind the dryers, in all the rooms and closets, even the attic. The smoke and fire detectors did not go off. I dismissed it as maybe someone went into the bathroom and smoked a cigarette. About 5 minutes later, my sister noticed the same smell, only this time, it irritated our eyes and and nose. We both search again with no avail. We gave each other this stupid look, evacuated the building, grabbed the cordless, and hauled butt. I called 911 and explained the situation. In less than 5 minutes (which seemed like 20) the fire department arrived. By then, the smell was coming through the resirculation vents to the outside of the building. They went into the building and one firefighter said "Thats the same smell I had when my wife burned my warmups in the dryer". Needless to say, one of the dryers had a fire in it. They opened the dryer door, and sure enough, someone had oversuffed the dryer with cloths, put more 60 minutes on the dryer, and the nylon warmups had overheated and set the rest of the load on fire.
They took the cloths outside, (by then every nosey person in the neiborhood was observing) dowsed them with water and stated "At least they got dry" At the time, it was not funny, but today, I see the humor. The owner of the cloths finally showed up, and asked where was his cloths, I pointed at the ground in the parking lot. It was his turn to have that stupid look.
In conclusion, the smell is awfull, and will probably be in the building for the next couple of days, the guy loaded the recoverable cloths in a plastic bag, and left without incident. I metioned to him while he picked up his cloths, "Thats why you should not leave your laundry unattended" I don't think he liked that too much.
I will count my blessings though, The dryer only had smoke damage, we cleaned it and it is usable. No repair costs, thank goodness. Well, its another memorable first for me. MORAL TO THE STORY: Where there is (the smell of) smoke, there is fire.
Just a wanted to vent to poeple who understand. Yesterday at my mat, I smelled smoke but could not see it. I checked behind the dryers, in all the rooms and closets, even the attic. The smoke and fire detectors did not go off. I dismissed it as maybe someone went into the bathroom and smoked a cigarette. About 5 minutes later, my sister noticed the same smell, only this time, it irritated our eyes and and nose. We both search again with no avail. We gave each other this stupid look, evacuated the building, grabbed the cordless, and hauled butt. I called 911 and explained the situation. In less than 5 minutes (which seemed like 20) the fire department arrived. By then, the smell was coming through the resirculation vents to the outside of the building. They went into the building and one firefighter said "Thats the same smell I had when my wife burned my warmups in the dryer". Needless to say, one of the dryers had a fire in it. They opened the dryer door, and sure enough, someone had oversuffed the dryer with cloths, put more 60 minutes on the dryer, and the nylon warmups had overheated and set the rest of the load on fire.
They took the cloths outside, (by then every nosey person in the neiborhood was observing) dowsed them with water and stated "At least they got dry" At the time, it was not funny, but today, I see the humor. The owner of the cloths finally showed up, and asked where was his cloths, I pointed at the ground in the parking lot. It was his turn to have that stupid look.
In conclusion, the smell is awfull, and will probably be in the building for the next couple of days, the guy loaded the recoverable cloths in a plastic bag, and left without incident. I metioned to him while he picked up his cloths, "Thats why you should not leave your laundry unattended" I don't think he liked that too much.
I will count my blessings though, The dryer only had smoke damage, we cleaned it and it is usable. No repair costs, thank goodness. Well, its another memorable first for me. MORAL TO THE STORY: Where there is (the smell of) smoke, there is fire.