Posted by : techychick in (AmusingéMusing, Bizarre, Living, On The WWW)
Laptop Killer
A laptop left on a sofa has been blamed for causing a fire which killed a man in Vancouver.
According to the Coroners Service of British Columbia, the fire – which happened earlier in 2009 – was caused when the lithium-ion battery in the laptop overheated because of the lack of ventilation and set fire to the sofa.
The coroner – who declined to name the make of laptop – pointed to prior incidents of laptop batteries overheating.