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вЂњDon't Waste Your MoneyвЂќ is a registered trademark of Scripps Media, Inc. I can confirm that this is not a recurring issue that weвЂ™ve seen with the Swiffer WetJet.' We have responded to Rikki via Twitter asking that she contact our Consumer Care number so we can learn more about what happened, and arrange for her to send in her device so we can investigate further. 'The safety of our consumers is our utmost priority, and we are treating this seriously as we do with all product issues and concerns. Until it releases some findings, Houghton is talking the batteries out of her own Wet Je,t just in case. P&G tells us it will conduct a full investigation into what happened with her Swiffer. 'If she wasn't home, and maybe the whole place had burned down.I never even thought of this being a possibility,' she said. Rikki Houghton only wonders what could have happened if her mom hadn't been in the kitchen at the time. It has had no issues with the Sweeper Vac overheating since, and new models are completely safe, the company says.Дespite an extensive search, we found no fire complaints involving Wet Jets, either with the CPSC or consumer complaint websites. P&G recalled the original Swiffer Sweeper Vac back in 2004, after several reports of overheating and melting, and one fire that caused minor property damage. I can confirm this is not a recurring issue with the Swiffer Wet Jet.' (Read full statement below) We will arrange for her to send in her device so we can investigate. 'The safety of our consumers is our utmost priority. We contacted Procter and Gamble, where spokesperson Julia LaFeldt told us: Her daughter says the Swiffer still had the original Duracell AA batteries inside it, saying they had never changed or attempted to recharge them. She says she tossed some wet rags on it and doused the flames, which were already melting her laundry jugs. 'I had a sheet against it and it caught fire.'

Hougton's mom Carol Herbstreit says she had just returned from the store and was working in her kitchen, when she started seeing flickering lights on her cabinets and ceiling and walls. I didn't realize until we got in there,' she said.ДЄll that remains of her mother's Wet Jet is a melted, blackened hulk, at the end of the aluminum handle. 'It was so much smoke that I didn't know if it was her dryer or appliance or whatever. Houghton says by the time she raced over from her home down the street, she saw so much smoke she thought the dryer was burning. The Swiffer had not been used in several days. It was leaning against the washing machine, when Houghton claims it spontaneously caught fire. Rikki Houghton says her mom's laundry room still has scorch marks on the floor, from a fire that appears to have originated in her Swiffer Wet Jet floor cleaner. But one Northern Kentucky family's experience could be a bit concerning. We were hard pressed to find any serious complaints about the popular cleaning device, which has been sold for more than 15 years. Millions of Americans have the battery powered Swiffer Wet Jet in their homes, which sprays a cleaning fluid on your floors as you wipe them.