Sun Causes House Fire

Posted on May 19, 2009 by Pat.
Categories: Washington.

dog1A Bellvue, WA house sustained $215,000 in damages when a dog’s glass water dish (with water in it) channeled enough heat from sunlight to start a blaze on a wooden deck at the back of the house.

Moral of the story… use metal or plastic for the family pooch. Glass + sun = fire danger.  As it happens, the glass acted as a magnifier, which caused the flames.

Who’d have thunk it?

King5.com, Seattle

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