Vacuum cleaner turned fireball damages car,..

peachyprice

musicmaker29 wrote: »

Also, the police tell you to lock your doors when you are at home anyway - so thats a no win situation right there.

And the fire brigade tell you not to.

musicmaker29

peachyprice wrote: »

And the fire brigade tell you not to.

exactly why you are in a no win situation......

Hintza

musicmaker29 wrote: »

Also, the police tell you to lock your doors when you are at home anyway - so thats a no win situation right there.

Lock your doors when you are in? We don't lock or doors when we are out!!

You must live in a rough area!

texranger

musicmaker29 wrote: »

Also, the police tell you to lock your doors when you are at home anyway - so thats a no win situation right there.

yes but if you leave the key in the door then in an emergency like this you can unlock the door.

Unfortunately, the flames got worse in this everyday appliance and she was forced to drop in near the door for her own safety.

she dropped it next to a car with a tank of flammable petrol

texranger

Optimist wrote: »

I see no reason why you cannot claim for consequential loss. So long as your wife's actions in getting the vacuum out were deemed to be reasonable and I do not see it as unreasonable to try get a burning vac out of the house even if the end result was damage to the car. Damage to the house might have been considerably worse.

most lilkely minor damage to a bedroom, but if it ignited petrol fumes then it would be goodbye house and possibly good bye wife.

ThumbRemote

texranger wrote: »

she dropped it next to a car with a tank of flammable petrol

It's still utterly irrelevant. The tank didn't explode.

She took the vac out of the house as quickly as possible, as it was on fire. In the circumstances I'd probably do the same, and I bet 99% of other people would too.

It's unfortunate that she left it next to the car, but in a state of panic it's understandable.

ThumbRemote

texranger wrote: »

most lilkely minor damage to a bedroom, but if it ignited petrol fumes then it would be goodbye house and possibly good bye wife.

And there might have been a child stood outside too who might have been killed.

Won't anyone think of the children?

musicmaker29

texranger wrote: »

most lilkely minor damage to a bedroom, but if it ignited petrol fumes then it would be goodbye house and possibly good bye wife.

........but it didn't blow up.


Also, to whoever said 'minor damage to a bedroom' would be an OK claim off the company, what if the carpet had caught, what if the wallpaper had gone up, or the curtains, or the matress, or clothing. That claim could run to the same value as a car paint job or more.

Anyway, we can 'what if' forever, the tank didn't blow, the bedroom didnt set on fire, the car paintwork was damaged and they should damn well pay for it.

musicmaker29

texranger wrote: »

yes but if you leave the key in the door then in an emergency like this you can unlock the door.



she dropped it next to a car with a tank of flammable petrol

how hot is the fluid in an engine anyway? a fire next to a car wont necessarily blow up the car.......

texranger

musicmaker29 wrote: »

how hot is the fluid in an engine anyway? a fire next to a car wont necessarily blow up the car.......

flames will ignite petrol fumes. which i mentioned as it is the fumes that are the dangerous part