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My neighbor's house caught on fire today and I noticed fire coming out the window. (As though the window wasn't there or was broken.) At the time, I was under such shock that it didn't register to me how odd it would be that fire would be coming, not from INSIDE the window, but OUT of it, but after I called 911 (others had too, perhaps, as they said they already were aware of it when I called) and after hours passed and they finally got it fully out (I think the interior seems to be lost, because I could later see flames at the front, and I first saw them at the back.)
So I'm wondering, did someone break the window (no, the firemen weren't there yet, though they did break EVERY window and took out the door to put out the fire and even used a big crane and a hose to get at the roof which was smoking and likely burning, and they probably shot it through an open window.)
Anyway, did something like flashover happen that would break the window, was it perhaps already broken, or did someone break it (which could mean arson)?
Not only can the heat break the windows.. But most houses have panes of glass in.. thin wood frames.. Which burns and causes the glass to fall out if it hasn't broken from the heat.
If you see fire that isn't lapping out of windows... That fire probably hasn't been burning long.
I dunno. I once had a pyrex baking dish shatter when I removed it from the oven and set it on the counter. It's rare, but not unknown, and is usually attributed to a flaw in the manufacturing process, something that I think could happen in the manufacture of any glass object.
That is a known problem that started when they stopped using boro-silicate glass in those dishes. AFAIK, only the really ancient ones are safe.
Looks like there's a company called Kavalier which sell borosilicate cookware under the name Simax. A bunch of others which seem to have either gone out of business or were totally fake to begin with; I'm not sure why there seem to be so many scams around it.
The old ones would occasionally break too, however, my mother's large casserole dish which was definitely pre-1980 broke with a bang just sitting on the counter (it had been hot) one day.
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