Aww, thank you. Our landlord's been very good about making sure we have a working extinguisher, but I've lived in buildings where that wasn't a priority, like you describe. It is creepy to realize how ill-prepared the average tenant is to face something catastrophic - I look back now at our old place with the dimming-lights problem and now I'm amazed we got out of there alive. Now I get it why the biggest price tag on those million-dollar Victorians is always said to be the electrical upgrade after the sale. Hundred-year-old wiring really wasn't meant to power modern appliances.