Microwave Oven Gallery

Microwave Fires

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General Electric model JVM1631 Spacemaker microwave made in 2003 in Korea by Samsung.

No one home. Owner came home to find microwave had turned itself on until the turntable motor caught fire inside the floor of the oven.

"Finding the UL mark on a product tells you that samples of this product line have been thoroughly tested and investigated by our team ... " Really???

8 days before Thanksgiving 2005, this GE Spacemaker microwave caused a house fire in Park Ridge IL.

Model JVM 1443LK02 manufactured in 2005.

Oven caught on fire, spewed smoke and melted oven interior and vent area. This oven has been installed for only four weeks. It's brand new. [2/7/07]

Note how the vents have been distorted by the heat of the fire!


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