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  2. Weird sounds and smells in your home you should never ignore

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    The worst-case scenario is if the smell is coming from an electrical outlet or a switch. If this happens, hit the breaker to stop the flow of electricity to it.

  3. 8 Sneaky Causes of Christmas Tree Fires (and How to ... - AOL

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    4. Being careless with outlets and cords. DiClerico recommends using faceplates on all receptacle outlets and switches to ensure safety. He also advises caution with rugs: "A common mistake people ...

  4. Phantosmia - Wikipedia

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    Phantosmia (phantom smell), also called an olfactory hallucination or a phantom odor, [1] is smelling an odor that is not actually there. This is intrinsically suspicious as the formal evaluation and detection of relatively low levels of odour particles is itself a very tricky task in air epistemology.

  5. 'Unusual' smell prompts school closure

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    Contractors later discovered a seized motor on one of the school's convector heaters causing a burning smell to permeate the building. The school said there had been no risk of fire as the heater ...

  6. Sewer gas - Wikipedia

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    An old sewer gas chimney in Stonehouse, Plymouth, England, built in the 1880s to disperse sewer gas above residents. Sewer gas is a complex, generally obnoxious smelling mixture of toxic and nontoxic gases produced and collected in sewage systems by the decomposition of organic household or industrial wastes, typical components of sewage.

  7. Pedro Medina (murderer) - Wikipedia

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    Patricia McCusker, Assistant Superintendent of the Work Camp at Florida State Prison, also testified. She said she saw Medina's left hand tighten as the current was being applied. She corroborated Dickson's observation of smoke and flames coming from Medina's head and a smell, which she said was a burning smell.

  8. Woman left bedridden for 35 years after being poisoned by ...

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    But it was only recently when doctors able to solve the puzzle to Anhalt's health after her family noticed a strange smell coming from their basement floor, a smell they came to realize had been ...

  9. Metal fume fever - Wikipedia

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    Metal fume fever, also known as brass founders' ague, brass shakes, [1] zinc shakes, galvie flu, galvo poisoning, metal dust fever, welding shivers, or Monday morning fever, [2] is an illness primarily caused by exposure to chemicals such as zinc oxide (ZnO), aluminium oxide (Al 2 O 3), or magnesium oxide (MgO) which are produced as byproducts in the fumes that result when certain metals are ...