Suspected laptop fire kills family
p2pnet news view P2P:- Fire marshals on Prince Edward Island are warning people not to leave their computer laptop chargers plugged in for long periods.
The alert follows a serious house fire in Souris on Tuesday which was caused by a charger, the CBC has fire marshal Dave Blacquiere stating.
No one was hurt in the Canadian blaze, but Swedish fire investigators suspect a tragic house fire which killed a mother and her four young children may have been started by an overheated laptop battery, says The Local.
An investigation launched by Sweden’s National Forensic Laboratory of Forensic Science (Statens kriminaltekniska laboratorium – SKL) “indicates that the fire probably started in a laptop computer which in turn ignited a couch,” says the story.
But police representatives “aren’t 100 percent certain about the theory,” it states, going on >>>
The fire, which broke out in the early hours of September 2nd, claimed the lives of a 27-year-old woman and her four children. The oldest three children were nine, seven, and five years old, while the youngest victim was only ten months old.
The mother and three of the children were found dead at the scene, while the 5-year-old was taken to hospital, but later died from her injuries.
According to Wejsfelt, the most likely scenario behind the fire was an overheating of the laptop caused by a short circuit in the computer’s battery. The computer then set fire to the couch, with flames eventually spreading up the walls to the ceiling.
In the Canadian baze, “Firefighters were called to the home on Robichaud Lane at 6:30 a.m.,” says the CBC, adding:
“By the time they arrived, there was little they could do and the house sustained extensive damage.
“The owner, who was not home at the time, had left his laptop plugged in, said Blacquiere.”
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CBC – Unplug chargers, P.E.I. fire marshal warns, December 2, 2009
The Local – Laptop battery likely cause of fatal house fire, December 3, 2009
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