Why Are My Sims Catching Fire From The Toilet?

Question

All 3 of my sims caught fire, dad, mom, and child, after using the toilet. I thought it was a prank, but I watched and made sure it wasn't after the second fire. They are catching fire literally every single time they use the pot. What gives? They do live in an industrial footprint neighborhood, which I learned can cause fires, but I haven't seen this happen to any of my other families in this neighborhood.

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hoverael · Answer

I used to get that a few months ago, identified it almost right away and had to delete toilets and upgrade them manually.

This composing thing is really a silly thing to have in the game when it is guaranteed to catch fire after a few uses. I also have no idea why the developers thought it would be a good idea to add the composter to the instant upgrade when it should of been left to the base game upgrades and any upgrades from eco should be left open to the player.

mmartinsdemoura · Answer

You probably used Instant Upgrade and it made the Composting upgrade active in your toilet...

With this, if you don't remove the composting, your toilet will always catch on fire when it's full, but you can solve it buying another toilet
And if you want to avoid this, just don't use Instant Upgrade in toilets and don't use this specific upgrade.

mstybl95 · Answer

Thanks. I had no idea this was a thing. I had just upgraded it.

charmednmissouri · Answer

I had no idea upgrading them would do this until my sim almost died from it on one part of the lot while attending to another sim on the lot. Then I started watching and noticed on the upgraded toilets, this was happening. But why, I could not figure out. Upgrading them is the LAST thing I thought was actually the cause!&nbsp;

ea_lanna · Answer

Hey folks,&nbsp;
It's been a few years since this thread was last active, so I'll lock it here to limit further necroposting. Feel free to pop open a new thread if there isn't a current active thread on it and kick off a fresh convo.
- EA_Lanna

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