Yep Buying hot coffee from the Big Mac place is dangerous also.John
The best way to avoid a fire with an absorption type refrigerator is not to use one in the first place. My first refer was a Norcold 6.3 AC/DC compressor type. When that failed after nearly 20 years of use, I installed a 9cu/ft Nova Kool with a Danfoss compressor and simply love it. It has an evaporator for the refer and another for the freezer. They cost about the same as an absorption refer-without all the problems, and having to have a vent in the wall and another vent in the roof. It is almost silent running. Good Luck, TomC
Gus- that may be true, but even slipping in the shower would be worse if you were holding an absorption refrigerator.