If they loaded the toaster with strawberry poptarts it absolutely could've happened. Those things go up in flames like gasoline. There are still videos on youtube showing how those things burn.
I can vouch - I caught a hotel on fire when their toaster didn't pop up like it was supposed to, and the cabinets caught on fire from the 4 foot high flames.
I paid for it that night though. See I put the pop tarts in the toaster in my room, jumped in the shower, and had to get out when the fire alarm started going off. The hotel apologized profusely, let me use another room to get my shower (fire department was "using" my room), and I went to work.
That night I came in, went right to bed, and suffered all night with a smoke detector doing that damn beep that happens when the battery is low. I guess when you have an actual fire and the smoke detector goes off for an extended time it tends to drain the batteries.
Fortunately, although I was about 30 minutes late getting to the customer site, my excuse was sound. The hotel was right across the street from the customer site, and there were several fire trucks parked right outside. My co-worker was already there and had the customer employees we were working with clapping when I walked in. Epic.
If they loaded the toaster with strawberry poptarts it absolutely could've happened. Those things go up in flames like gasoline. There are still videos on youtube showing how those things burn.
I can vouch - I caught a hotel on fire when their toaster didn't pop up like it was supposed to, and the cabinets caught on fire from the 4 foot high flames.
Howls. That would be tragic to not eat those poptart first b4 getting electrocute.
I paid for it that night though. See I put the pop tarts in the toaster in my room, jumped in the shower, and had to get out when the fire alarm started going off. The hotel apologized profusely, let me use another room to get my shower (fire department was "using" my room), and I went to work.
That night I came in, went right to bed, and suffered all night with a smoke detector doing that damn beep that happens when the battery is low. I guess when you have an actual fire and the smoke detector goes off for an extended time it tends to drain the batteries.
Fortunately, although I was about 30 minutes late getting to the customer site, my excuse was sound. The hotel was right across the street from the customer site, and there were several fire trucks parked right outside. My co-worker was already there and had the customer employees we were working with clapping when I walked in. Epic.
Oh those damn toasters. We need to ban poltergeist type toasters.