chem1st   10 #1 Posted December 8, 2012 http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/ryedale/10091927.Christmas_pudding_starts_blaze/?ref=rss  A MINI Christmas pudding caught fire in the microwave of a house in Norton yesterday. Fire crews were called to the house in Welham Road at about 4.45pm after the burning food filled the kitchen with smoke.  A woman who was in the house at the time was given oxygen but did not need hospital treatment.  North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service said the festive treat is believed to have been put on the wrong microwave setting.  Xmas puddings don't go well with microwaves! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
andyofborg   11 #2 Posted December 9, 2012 they don't have much moisture in them but will have a lot of fat and sugar, pretty much an instant bomb Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Resident   1,122 #3 Posted December 9, 2012 I always put my Xmas puds in the microwave. There are instructions on the packaging.  I'll speculate that the woman in question didn't read & follow them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Wodoish!!!   10 #4 Posted December 9, 2012 http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/ryedale/10091927.Christmas_pudding_starts_blaze/?ref=rss   Xmas puddings don't go well with microwaves!  What's this got to do with housing costs? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
poppins   10 #5 Posted December 9, 2012 She might have put silver sixpences inside it first Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
andyofborg   11 #6 Posted December 9, 2012 What's this got to do with housing costs?  people can use stale christmas puddings as bricks and build houses out of them Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
francypants   437 #7 Posted December 9, 2012 Never had a problem, been doing it for years. Follow instructions... simple ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
iansheff   83 #8 Posted December 9, 2012 they don't have much moisture in them but will have a lot of fat and sugar, pretty much an instant bomb  Wouldn't have thought they were that dangerous Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
PeteMorris   10 #9 Posted December 9, 2012 I'm puzzled how someone can get a microwave setting sooo wrong?...Was it put on for an hour or something?.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
andyofborg   11 #10 Posted December 9, 2012 Wouldn't have thought they were that dangerous  oh yes. an exploding christmas pudding took out half the scottish royal family in 1572 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Aleksandr   10 #11 Posted December 9, 2012 Why call the Fire Brigade? What a waste of tax-payers' money! All she had to do was switch the blessed thing off and open a window. Any fire would be contained within the microwave, and she could have unplugged it and carried it outside if needs be. What a shocking waste of tax-payers' money, and what an unnecessary risk to the general public! Fire-fighters bust a gut to get to the scene, taking risks along the way that are acceptable if there's a real fire with imperilment, but not acceptable when someone burns their bleedin' pud! (Or toast!) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
andyofborg   11 #12 Posted December 9, 2012 Why call the Fire Brigade? What a waste of tax-payers' money! All she had to do was switch the blessed thing off and open a window. Any fire would be contained within the microwave, and she could have unplugged it and carried it outside if needs be. What a shocking waste of tax-payers' money, and what an unnecessary risk to the general public! Fire-fighters bust a gut to get to the scene, taking risks along the way that are acceptable if there's a real fire with imperilment, but not acceptable when someone burns their bleedin' pud! (Or toast!)  there is a risk that the microwaves would heat the pudding so much that nuclear fission occurred resulting in all the street being obliterated Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...