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By Cinderella - 09/07/2017 14:55

Today, my house was so dusty that when I started to clean it, the smoke detector went off. FML

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By lollerskate - 16/01/2010 15:37 - United States

Today, my smoke alarm went off. In a frenzy, I called 9-1-1 and exited my house. Several minutes later a fire truck showed up. After investigating, one of the firemen informed me I needed to change the batteries in my smoke alarm. FML

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By Nice smoke alarm - 05/09/2023 23:00 - United States

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Today, after I was away for a couple of days, my wife told me she’s been doing laundry while I was gone. I'd reminded her to clean out the lint catcher because it might catch fire. I came home to a new dryer and a smoke damaged house. FML

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By Lea - 16/01/2012 20:18 - Denmark

Today, my kitchen nearly burned down because the fire alarm didn't detect the plumes of smoke wafting through the kitchen. This is the same alarm that wails when I use the toaster. FML

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By Mel - 07/05/2011 22:27 - United States

Today, my fire alarm startled me so badly that I shit myself. FML

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By Anonymous - 08/10/2012 05:31 - United States - Pleasanton

Today, I was cooking something I knew would make a lot of smoke, so I asked my teenage daughter to tape a bag over the smoke detector. She said she did, so I cooked; the alarm went off and firemen came. She hadn't taped over the smoke detector, she'd taped it over the doorbell. FML

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By Ashley - 14/10/2019 22:00

Today, two out of our three smoke detectors were going off. My grandpa won't call the fire department because he thinks our house will be condemned. The alarms are still going off. FML

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By Anon - 08/11/2023 20:00 - United States

Today, after meaning to do so for a while, I began cleaning my oven. I sprayed it with the foam cleaner stuff, closed the oven for the foam to soak in, then forgot about the whole thing. Later, I preheated the oven for a pizza and triggered a smoke alarm, which brought the fire department to my door. No pizza, just shame. FML

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By fire starter - 16/08/2015 04:10 - United States - San Francisco

Today, I tried to vacuum to surprise my mom with a clean house. The vacuum started shorting out, sparked, and then burst into flames mid living room. FML

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Kurliez408 32

Sunday 9 July 2017 15:34

dust shouldn't have anything to do with setting off a smoke detector. how are you cleaning it?

msshaila 3

Sunday 9 July 2017 16:31

It does, smoke detectors sense a change in particle density in the air... not actually smoke.

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Kurliez408 32

Sunday 9 July 2017 15:34

dust shouldn't have anything to do with setting off a smoke detector. how are you cleaning it?

msshaila 3

Sunday 9 July 2017 16:31

It does, smoke detectors sense a change in particle density in the air... not actually smoke.

azouwa 26

Monday 10 July 2017 0:53

If the filter gets dirty enough it'll go off. The detectors can't tell the difference between dust and smoke. I have to clean my filters every few years with air duster for this reason.

onceuponatime456 16

Sunday 9 July 2017 16:19

Comment moderated for rule-breaking.

Nova Solarius 10

Sunday 9 July 2017 20:05

Oh no, that's most certainly possible. Dust blocks radiation just like smoke does, so it can set detectors off just fine.

RichardPencil 30

Sunday 9 July 2017 17:19

You’d better get out of the house! A dust explosion could happen if your house is that dusty!

Neevster 18

Sunday 9 July 2017 20:18

I don't know why people are giving you the thumbs down. An excessive amount of dust actually is a fire risk, and if a fire starts there could be an explosion. That's why there have been devastating explosions in mills with lots of flour

dancegypsy 0

Sunday 9 July 2017 20:12

It's happened to me, when using a vacuum that is not well sealed. Smoke detectors can be fooled.

brenton490 19

Sunday 9 July 2017 20:23

Well I mean if your going to use a flame thrower yaaa!

Glowworm56 26

Sunday 9 July 2017 21:36

Even the smoke detector thinks the house needs to be cleaned.

Arashikage 18

Monday 10 July 2017 20:18

What are you cleaning it with, a flamethrower???

willachawn01 3

Wednesday 12 July 2017 21:59

bulls**t do you even know how smoke detector works? it detects ions that are only found when carbon based things burn

olga_crvjl 19

Thursday 13 July 2017 8:00

Lmao wow

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