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Studio One
30-07-12, 12:28 PM
Just to make you all aware of the dangers of burning candles. We had a fire on Thursday night, caused by a bottle of acetone being decanted into another in the same area as a candle that had already been put out. The fumes of the acetone caught what must have been from the heat of the candle rather than from the flame itself. No one was hurt but the salon is now closed and don't know when we will get back in.
Oh no I'm so sorry :( that's awful! Hope you're back up and running soon hugs
Really sorry to hear that ...i thought something was wrong as had passed at the weekend. Hope you get back in soon xx:hug:
sunshineinme
30-07-12, 03:33 PM
I had a small fire in my house recently. It was only small because my hubby was at home. otherwise I would be now homeless.
I refused to use candles from then for ever.
Part of the room caught fire and it was the most horrible thing ever.
Studio One
30-07-12, 04:19 PM
Really sorry to hear that ...i thought something was wrong as had passed at the weekend. Hope you get back in soon xx:hug:
Thanks for that hoping to get some temporary accommodation soon. So with any luck be back ASAP.
Dolly6410
30-07-12, 04:21 PM
ever so sorry to hear, good luck getting back in. i was bought up in a candle free home, my dads proper paranoid because he's a fireman, now he's made me really scared of fire, when i'm making food someone else has to cook it incase i catch on fire :lol:
Studio One
30-07-12, 04:23 PM
Oh no I'm so sorry :( that's awful! Hope you're back up and running soon hugs
Thank you.
Haylo_Therapies
30-07-12, 07:40 PM
So sorry to hear of this! I really hope everything gets sorted soon for you. I'm glad nobody was hurt.
You should use fake candles. They look so real but no flame at all so very safe.
x
Easydry
31-07-12, 12:46 PM
It's so good of you to post this to warn other people. I hope a few people read this and learn from it.
Good luck with fixing up the salon and getting up and running again.
Only-me
31-07-12, 12:58 PM
Sorry to hear about that, this just goes to show you you don't realise the danger... Hope you up and running again soon 😳💙
Omg that's bad! Like someone else said try fake candles, we have one tea light at home, it sits in a ceramic pot in the middle of the harth so nothing can get near it and catch fire, but if we're out of the room longer than 3 mins we blow it out.
Airwic do a really nice oil diffuser that glows and flickers like a candle, or just get soft bulbs, put them in cheap lamps and hide them, my Fave light in the whole house is hidden behind a picture that's on a corner in my bedroom, it only let's a soft glow out around the edges.
And I'm as scared as you now, but with lawn mowers, mine started smoking Sunday ad caught fire when unopened it to let the smoke out, won't be doing that again! Xoxo
taggyboy
31-07-12, 02:40 PM
What an awful thing to happen. It is extremely volatile and very flammable liquid and should never be decanted near any naked flames, however small. The vapour is heavy (and not seen by the eye), it can travel to the source of ignition and can flash back, it's extremely dangerous.
Pleased to read no one was hurt.
We actually store our acetone in a safe away from any naked flames along with our wax cleaners, as they can also be highly flammable
BeauTea Rooms
31-07-12, 11:48 PM
A salon by me set a customer on fire, it was awful, its been in the press. It seems she was in for a hair appointments, 82 years old and it was her birthday the Hairdresser thought it was a nice idea to present her with a birthday cake until it set her on fire..:eek: poor old gal, and poor Hairdresser! It makes you remember that most things we work with are highly flammable and shouldnt be taken for granted. Fingers crossed you get your place sorted out quickly :hug::hug: