Laptop fire may have killed BC man
p2pnet news view | Off Topic:- A laptop, still powered up and left unattended on a couch in Vancouver, BC, may have started a blaze which resulted in a man’s death.
Now the BC Coroners Service is warning people leaving laptop computers running on a soft surface, “could cause a fatal fire,” says the Victoria Times Colonist, going on:
“The public-safety bulletin comes six months after the Coroners Service began an investigation into a laptop fire that killed a 56-year-old Vancouver man. According to the coroner’s report, the man died in a house fire on Feb. 26 after his roommate came home, used a laptop computer, then went to bed, leaving the laptop on.
“The computer was plugged into a power outlet and left on an upholstered couch.”
Says the CBC:
“Since 2004 in B.C., four other laptops have either overheated or short-circuited when left plugged in, causing fires. The death earlier this year, however, was the first in B.C. blamed on a laptop fire, the coroner said in statement issued Wednesday morning.
“And there have been 15 other fires caused by short-circuiting or overheating in such equipment as personal computers, DVD players, and cellphone chargers.”
Victoria Times Colonist – Laptop blamed for deadly fire, August 27, 2009
CBC – Laptop fire blamed for Vancouver death, August 26, 2009
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