Fridge on the fritz blamed for apartment blaze

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Fridge on the fritz blamed for apartment blaze
Phuket Gazette


The blaze may have been sparked by a dodgy refrigerator. Photo: Kritsada Mueanhawong

PHUKET: -- A short-circuiting fridge is believed to have sparked a fire that gutted an apartment at Salabua Mansion Apartments in Wichit last night.

The apartment’s occupant, Kriangkrai Suthammetha, 50, discovered his third-floor room was ablaze when he returned from an errand just after 6pm, Wichit Police Lt Patcharee Wongboon told the Gazette.

Firefighters from the Wichit office of the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation took about 20 minutes to extinguish the blaze.

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-- Phuket Gazette 2016-07-28

[WhizBang]

I was rather surprised when my new, and expensive, Hitachi refridgerator came with only a 2 prong plug.

[wpcoe]

I was rather surprised when my new, and expensive, Hitachi refridgerator came with only a 2 prong plug.

Yeah, that apparently is somewhat standard. They usually attach a green earth/ground wire to a screw that's attached to the metal frame on the back of the refrigerator and you're expected to attach it to an earth/ground stake somehow.

[Shot]

My reasonably price Samsung came with proper 3 prong plug, but I had to rewire the house to accommodate it.