Another Xbox-Related Fire

It was only a few days ago that I mentioned a fire caused by an Xbox 360, but now there’s another one. And this one could’ve easily had tragic results.

A couple of strangers noticed smoke coming out of a house.

Inside were the woman and her father, who had rushed to the scene in
response to a call from his daughter before she was overcome. Ward
recalled: “We shouted ‘Is anybody there?’ The next thing the father
upstairs answered ‘Yes, I’m upstairs’. We shouted ‘Anybody else in the
house, we can’t see.’

“We put some coats over our mouths and ran upstairs. Robert and I
were swearing and the father was shouting ‘My daughter’s here!’. We
were going on our hands and knees – that’s how dark it was. You
couldn’t see your fingers if you put them in front of your eyes.

“We felt our way around the darkness. We found her and dragged and
carried her down the stairs and outside. She was going in and out of
consciousness.”

Johnson added: “We could only feel our way about. The father was
stumbling around. He couldn’t find his daughter. We found her on the
floor.

“I tried to get her on my shoulder but it was impossible. She was in a pretty bad way.”

The fire was officially confirmed to have been caused by an Xbox left on standby.

It’s unclear whether they mean an Xbox or Xbox 360, though the latter seems most probable. Hard to say. Either way, it’s not good for Microsoft.

Via | PlayStation forums

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