di_dee1
Sprinting down the street
I have not put this in the emergency section as one and a half hours have passed and all seems well.
As usual, with most accidents or near accidents it was inattention.
I was doing about 3 things at once in the kitchen. (nothing cooking on the stove as birds were out)
I put some spinach in a microwave rice cooker (I always do veges in the microwave) put it in, put it on for 4mts and off I went to cut dogs meat. The spinach was for her too, she hates it raw and as she is near whelping I am adding it to her diet well cooked. Birds were out happily with hubby in the loungeroom. I smelled burning plastic, opened microwave. I had put no water in with the spinach
A hole had melted on the base of this microwave container. Smoke and fumes billowed out.
Windows were closed as we had the aircon on (a wall one)
I yelled to hubby to get the birds back to cage and open the window behind them, turn on ceiling fan there and other one other side of room. I stopped the smoking plastic or whatever it is cookware that was fuming the place up. All doors open, all windows open (have good cross flow) and 4 ceiling fans on. Their cage is too big to move.
One and a half hours later all seems to be well with the birds and I think my heartbeat is back to normal.
As usual, with most accidents or near accidents it was inattention.
I was doing about 3 things at once in the kitchen. (nothing cooking on the stove as birds were out)
I put some spinach in a microwave rice cooker (I always do veges in the microwave) put it in, put it on for 4mts and off I went to cut dogs meat. The spinach was for her too, she hates it raw and as she is near whelping I am adding it to her diet well cooked. Birds were out happily with hubby in the loungeroom. I smelled burning plastic, opened microwave. I had put no water in with the spinach
A hole had melted on the base of this microwave container. Smoke and fumes billowed out.Windows were closed as we had the aircon on (a wall one)
I yelled to hubby to get the birds back to cage and open the window behind them, turn on ceiling fan there and other one other side of room. I stopped the smoking plastic or whatever it is cookware that was fuming the place up. All doors open, all windows open (have good cross flow) and 4 ceiling fans on. Their cage is too big to move.
One and a half hours later all seems to be well with the birds and I think my heartbeat is back to normal.
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I'm so relieved everyone is alright. Bet you didn't know you could move so fast. Thanks for the reminder.
