[mom-from-missouri]

hate to tell you folks, but having survived a house fire, THE FREEZER IS THE LAST THING TO BURN, BUT IT WILL BURN!!! I lost papers and old family photos that can never be replaced. The plastic inside the freezer melts, and drips down, produces a toxic black smoky smug that won't clean off stuff, and will eventually ignight. My freezer was in my utility room. The utility room or kitchen is apprently the worse place to keep your freezer--it is near the sewer and gas lines, which contain combustables, and has the highest concentration of heat. If the fire is put out asap, your are fine, If it is a hot fire, that the fire dept has trouble getting out, such as mine was, its toast (litterly). I now spend the $45 a year for a box. If I kept a higher amount in my checking, I could get my safety deposit box for free from the bank.