Wednesday, January 6, 2010
GE Settles with Our Insurance Company
It took about a year but there was a settlement between GE and our insurance company. The impact to us is that we got a check for our deductible and the fire does not count as a claim...Seems like GE is admitting there was a problem with our Microwave or they would not have settled.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Friday, May 15, 2009
GE Range Top Microwave Fire Update
Our microwave fire was highlighted on the 11:00 news on WEWS, NewsChannel 5. Very interesting that investigative reporter Ron Regan receives an email from Allstate admitting there was a faulty control panel in the microwave and then sends another email 2 hours later indicating they are still investigating. All evidence points to a faulty microwave.
The following is a summary of the news report http://www.newsnet5.com/news/19464418/detail.html
The following is a summary of the news report http://www.newsnet5.com/news/19464418/detail.html
Thursday, February 19, 2009
GE Range Top Microwave Fire
We bought a new GE range top microwave in March, 2008 because our 15 year old microwave was starting to act up. The new microwave was bigger and had some additional features we all enjoyed.
Who would have thought that 9 months later our microwave would catch fire. The scary part is that the microwave was not running at the time. Like every other range top microwave, it was plugged in and the clock was displaying the time.
The clock blanked out a couple of days prior to this incident. We thought at first it was a power failure, but noticed that no other displays in the house were blank. The clock came back on after a few minutes and we thought nothing of it. The last time the microwave was used was 24 hours before the fire to steam vegetables for 3-4 minutes.
We were not home when the fire occurred. Thankfully we arrived home a few minutes after the fire started and called 911; the fire chief said another 5 minutes, and we would have lost the whole first floor at least.Our kitchen was out of commission for about 2 months because of all the cleaning and construction.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation. The model number is LVM1750DM1BB. At the time of the fire there were no recall notices for this microwave. Look at the pictures below. What do you think?
Who would have thought that 9 months later our microwave would catch fire. The scary part is that the microwave was not running at the time. Like every other range top microwave, it was plugged in and the clock was displaying the time.
The clock blanked out a couple of days prior to this incident. We thought at first it was a power failure, but noticed that no other displays in the house were blank. The clock came back on after a few minutes and we thought nothing of it. The last time the microwave was used was 24 hours before the fire to steam vegetables for 3-4 minutes.
We were not home when the fire occurred. Thankfully we arrived home a few minutes after the fire started and called 911; the fire chief said another 5 minutes, and we would have lost the whole first floor at least.Our kitchen was out of commission for about 2 months because of all the cleaning and construction.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation. The model number is LVM1750DM1BB. At the time of the fire there were no recall notices for this microwave. Look at the pictures below. What do you think?
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