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GalacticGal
Seasoned Ace
2 years ago

Six Fires on the Same Lot? UPDATED UPDATE: Make that Eight PICTURE

My current save has been plagued by fires. The family living there has already had four such fires in just a few Sim days. Just had another one, it was extinguished by the fire extinguishers on the ceiling. The fire Dept. is on standby, I'm certain. I had a Sim put out the fire in the fireplace, just for safe measure. HA! Moments later, the fire alarm goes off yet again. The fire is in front of the fireplace, but come on. How on Earth did the fire in the fireplace rekindle itself?

Has anyone else experienced this of late?

I'm going to do a game repair!

Update, despite the game repair, my Sims' celebration of Labor Day just got disrupted by another fire! OOFFDDAA. Enough already!

I think I will put stone tiles in front of the fireplace. But, I did catch a picture that is worth noting. I will add it momentarily.

https://i.imgur.com/klWSQOD.jpg
funny

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  • BlueSeaWaves's avatar
    BlueSeaWaves
    Seasoned Ace
    2 years ago
    Six fires? thank goodness for fire alarms. Maybe something flammable was nearby the fireplace? Very strange?
  • GalacticGal's avatar
    GalacticGal
    Seasoned Ace
    2 years ago
    "BlueSeaWaves;c-18231405" wrote:
    Six fires? thank goodness for fire alarms. Maybe something flammable was nearby the fireplace? Very strange?


    No, I made certain no rug was very close. However, I'm beginning to wonder about the robot vacuum. If memory serves, the last two fires, it was busy doing it's job. And with fire number six, it wasn't white and yellow anymore. It looked on the toasty side. LOL Lil devil. But what really surprises me is I watched as the Sim put out the fire, so unless one of the other Sims lit it again, how did it relight itself, HM?
  • BlueSeaWaves's avatar
    BlueSeaWaves
    Seasoned Ace
    2 years ago
    "GalacticGal;c-18231407" wrote:
    "BlueSeaWaves;c-18231405" wrote:
    Six fires? thank goodness for fire alarms. Maybe something flammable was nearby the fireplace? Very strange?

    it wasn't white and yellow anymore. It looked on the toasty side. LOL Lil devil.

    Lmao, hope you're able to resolve this. Fires are not fun
  • wildirishbanshee's avatar
    wildirishbanshee
    Rising Novice
    2 years ago
    There is a fireplace upgrade where it will auto light if it's cold - might you have done that and forgot?
  • DaniRose2143's avatar
    DaniRose2143
    Hero
    2 years ago
    When I did the fire scene for Under The Tartosan Sun I had lots of fires rekindle. But I did have a lot of fires going at once too. Sometimes it would be the fire they just put out, other times it was another one all together. There is a limit to the number of fires the game will allow at any one time. Most will fizzle out fairly quickly if you just let them go and then one will ignite somewhere else. By the time I called in the fire department at the end, while they put out the last fires that were still burning one of the others that had fizzled out on their own reignited. So what may have happened was there were more fires than the game could show, sort of like a hidden queue of fires. Once a fire you could see was put out, the ones that were waiting ignited. Just a guess.
  • GalacticGal's avatar
    GalacticGal
    Seasoned Ace
    2 years ago
    "WildIrishBanshee;c-18231443" wrote:
    There is a fireplace upgrade where it will auto light if it's cold - might you have done that and forgot?


    No. I stopped having my Sims waste their time upgrading for fireproof, let alone auto light, which I've never even heard of until this moment.
  • GalacticGal's avatar
    GalacticGal
    Seasoned Ace
    2 years ago
    "DaniRose2143;c-18231447" wrote:
    When I did the fire scene for Under The Tartosan Sun I had lots of fires rekindle. But I did have a lot of fires going at once too. Sometimes it would be the fire they just put out, other times it was another one all together. There is a limit to the number of fires the game will allow at any one time. Most will fizzle out fairly quickly if you just let them go and then one will ignite somewhere else. By the time I called in the fire department at the end, while they put out the last fires that were still burning one of the others that had fizzled out on their own reignited. So what may have happened was there were more fires than the game could show, sort of like a hidden queue of fires. Once a fire you could see was put out, the ones that were waiting ignited. Just a guess.


    Okay, are they trying to make us stop using fireplaces? That is an intriguing situation, you mentioned. Stacks of fires we can't see. Hm.
  • GalacticGal's avatar
    GalacticGal
    Seasoned Ace
    2 years ago
    "Nushka;c-18231446" wrote:
    Do you play with fears? If one or more sims in the same lot have a fear of fire it'll be more likely for fires to start when they're interacting with anything that could start one.


    No, in fact I have a mod that removes fears, so I can use the Wants as before. But, that is a good reminder that any Sim who has a fear of fire, fires will erupt. Kinda of like having someone who is working on their handiness skill will have copious chances to repair stuff. I'm so sick and tired of the appliances, toilets and sinks spewing water everywhere. LOL

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