Fire! That's what happened to my iron during the week. This was not a fancy iron and I had it for a long time with no problems. It had an automatic shut off and worked great. I had been using it and was done so I unplugged it. Then I remembered I had 1 more seem to press so I plugged the iron back in and walked away to get a drink while it was warming up. I picked up the iron and pressed it to my nice newly made Farmers Wife QAL block. When I removed the iron from the fabric I saw black soot on the block (cry). That's when I realized that something was wrong. It was at that moment that black smoke started coming out thru the top of the iron. I immediately unplugged the iron and took the block to the sink to try to get the soot off. I don't know what I was more upset about the; iron breaking or the block being stained. Luckily the block was OK, but my iron and ironing board cover need to be replaced, which I will be doing later today. Here's the block, not pressed since it was wet, but it looks OK just the same. There is just a little soot on this pic, but I was able to get it out after I took the pic. The moral of the story is to keep an eye on your iron, even those with automatic shut off, you never know when danger might strike.
That is so scary. I don't leave mine on, but I leave it plugged in all the time. Right now I am sure it is plugged in with nobody home for several days. I called neighbor (who is also my landlord :( to go over and unplug it for me. Thanks for the post Sharon. I am so sorry this happened, and so glad it wasn't any worse and no one was harmed. It's a good lesson for all of us!
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