Gee, unplugging smokin' microwave to stop it...

Can you imagine if the microwave really started to burn..with the toxic plastics in the smoke..wouldn't take much for a person to die.

Worked for the Office of the Fire Marshal for one of the provinces for nearly 10 yrs. Library had investigative case reports, articles and statistical summaries..where actually when there's smoke, more people die of smoke inhalation (or being trampled in a crowd) than being burnt alive.. It's been shown statistically for a long time and well known for most fire departments and coroner's offices.

We alot of plastics in our homes, in our fabrics (ie. upholstered furniture) and over and over it's been shown how deadly burning plastics and other materials are to human beings in a confined area.
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I had one scare in my place years ago ..awakened by the building's hardwired fire alarm system at 4:00 am. There was smoke seeping into my home. I opened door into hallway..full of smoke. For first time, I felt truly panicky about being in a burning building. I did run out to my balcony..and contemplated how hard would I smack onto the hard pavement if I jumped 4 stories down to save my life.

So I did what one is advised by fire dept.....take wet bathtowels and try to plug up the doorway air seams where smoke was seeping in. But then it didn't help when seeing through the HVAC system.

Fire dept. came in 25 min. BUT I COULD NOT GO INTO THE SMOKY HALLWAY. So I was truly was trapped until that time.

Found out the apartment just above me sustained over $2,000 of damage.