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Jun 10, 2014

Another Fridge Fire

Well here I am two months on the job as Director of Operations at an RV park in Pismo Beach and I got called out at 1:00 this morning for a fire in one of our residents 5er.
Thank goodness the owner was staying with friends after her surgery.
No one hurt but this poor woman's trailer is a total loss. Very obvious the fire started at the refrigerator and a service guy was just out a few days ago to look at the non-working fridge. So badly damaged that I couldn't make out the brand.
I spoke to the woman and she said she never received a recall notice. It is a 2006 model year.
Keeps the new job interesting.
  • Well if it happened shortly after a serviceman looked at a non-working fridge, I'd know who'd I'd be talking to posthaste. Be hard to blame it strictly on the fridge.
  • Community Alumni's avatar
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    rjxj wrote:
    I didn't know that later years had an issue. I have a 2000 yr Dometic that has had the recall done. Do any of you use frigs that have had the recall?

    Yeah, on my previous rv's I had fridge recalls; one was a Dometic the other was a Norcold. I continued to use them without any issues after I had the recalls done.

    Our current trailer had an Atwood fridge with helium which is non-flammable.
  • I didn't know that later years had an issue. I have a 2000 yr Dometic that has had the recall done. Do any of you use frigs that have had the recall?