Thank heaven you were both safe & your house didn't burn down!

Wow! I can't believe that they didn't want the entire iron. That is crazy. You'd think they'd want to see that iron.

I always unplug all of my sewing stuff - machines, irons, etc. When I'm not using them. It's a great habit to get in to. When I see pictures like this it makes me even happier that I started doing it.

I've never unplugged my irons-until now-thanx for sharing

Thanks to all of you wonderful board members, I have now started unplugging my iron every time I am done in my sewing room. I used to leave it plugged in all the time, but after reading a couple of the warnings members have posted, I now unplug it every time I leave the room and have the ironing board set up so that when I walk by the sewing room I can see the red light on the side of the iron and know at a glance it's still plugged in.

I agree. You never know what will happen. I always unplug irons, machines, and especially those coffeepots.

Wow. Thanks for sharing.

Wow thanks for posting. You were indeed lucky.

So happy no more damage was done.
When we moved to this house a friend that is an electrition
put in the outlets for us. He suggested we put the iron on the same as the light switch, whenever I leave I turn the light switch off and no electricity to the outlet where the iron is. I thank him in my mind everytime I switch off.

I either unplug everything or I have them plugged into a power strip with a surge protector.

So sorry you had this happen - glad it wasn't worse than what happened.

I have read many posts on this board about people who have had fires due to leaving irons plugged in. So, last week I went to Costco and purchased a heavy duty serge protector made by Belkin. Went home and plugged everything into the new one. I do however still unplug this all of the time when I leave the room due to thunder storms. This year we have been lacking in rain and storms, but still unplug.