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Alarm Alerts of Menorah Fire

Watch: A frightening video shared on social media of a Menorah catching fire in a Jewish home highlights the importance of working smoke alarm and fire extinguisher. Full Story, Video

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Oil fire
December 12, 2018 2:04 am

Thank Gd he didn’t pour water over it!! Or it would have been a very different story. Must have fire extinguishers for oil and electrical fires

Fire & smoke detectors but also the fire extinguisher that he had saved him
December 11, 2018 4:48 pm

Most houses don’t have fire extinguishers 🧯 at all … maybe it’s a time to buy and have one just in case

To #6 - mezuza
December 11, 2018 11:21 am

When there is no door, We go by the right side coming into the house from the main door, all the way through.
In this case the front door seems to be near the steps, so by the next doorway without a door it is placed on the right side as you enter it from the room with the nenora.
If for various reasons we can’t calculate from the front door (2 entrances for example), then we go by ikar/tafel.

Plastic Tablecloth???
December 11, 2018 10:10 am

Use silver foil to cover all surfaces. Common Sense here…

brave family
December 11, 2018 8:51 am

Thank you for posting this. The family is brave to let us all in to their private house for the sake of helping others.

Plastic Chanukah prefilled kits are dangerous
December 11, 2018 7:53 am

DONT BUY THE PLASTIC PREFILLED MENORAH KITS
THEY MELT AND BURN DOWN HOUSES .
As soon as you light four the heat melts the plastic , fire erupts and burn everything , NEVER LEAVE CANDLES BURNING UNATTRNDED

Baruch Hashem!
December 11, 2018 4:38 am

Having working smoke detectors are super important.

Whats also very important is preventitive. To have either aluminum or silver underneath fire just in case so that if something does happen, it doesnt spread and will just stay on the surface. Plastic does catch easier, so a good surface is important to have underneath as preventitive.

Lets all take this as a lesson to be cautious whenever we have a candle or candles lit!

Im glad that it all ended well 🙂

May we all be zoche to much light life from this special Yom Tov of Chanuka!

Wow he acted fast
December 10, 2018 11:22 pm

Cool under pressure

Mezuza
December 10, 2018 10:46 pm

From what I can see the Mezuza of the living room MIGHT be on the wrong side, i.e. it ought to be on the right towards the living room. When there is no door (with Heker Tzir) we follow the rule on the right going towards the main / most important room, in this case the living room.
Please ask a Sofer (not a Rov) with pictures.
Ask a Rov if you have to Bentch Gomel.
Besuos Tovos

Why
December 10, 2018 10:33 pm

Why is it on a plastic tablecloth.
Thats not too smarr

Stay By the Candles
December 10, 2018 10:06 pm

An even better idea is to stay by the candles and not leave them unattended.

BH
December 10, 2018 9:49 pm

Moshich now !

Baruch Hashem he caught it
December 10, 2018 9:16 pm

Please always have a metal tray or foil under all candles to catch the dripping oil/wax and slow the chance of fire.

BH!
December 10, 2018 9:16 pm

BH there was a happy ending!

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