Nobody was home & nobody was injured... I guess dead lizards don't count np

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Posted by xta on December 28, 2001 at 14:26:34:

In Reply to: OH Press: Makeshift heat lamp causes fire posted by Wes von Papine�u on December 28, 2001 at 03:06:01:

: BEACON JOURNAL (Akron, Ohio) 27 December 01 Makeshift heat lamp causes fire - Photo equipment used to keep lizards warm sets blaze in N. Canton home
: North Canton: Photographic equipment converted into a heat lamp for two foot-long lizards caused a Christmas Day house fire that would have been much worse had the family come home even a few minutes later.
: Firefighters contained the blaze, which started around 7 p.m., to the back bedroom in a brick and frame ranch house in the 1400 block of Red Coach Street Southeast.
: Nobody was home and no injuries were reported.
: The family's grown son, who was visiting his parents, had used a photographer's aluminum reflector and light bulb as a makeshift heat lamp to keep his reptiles warm.
: ``The concentrated heat of this thing was so intense it ignited the chair and closeby bedding,'' said Sam Bacon Jr., the North Canton Fire Department's chief of fire prevention.
: He said the family came home, heard the smoke detectors and saw the house filling with smoke.
: ``Had (the fire) had more time, it would have been a much more serious situation,'' Bacon said.
: The lizards died of smoke inhalation. Fire damage was contained to the bedroom, but smoke throughout the house will require cleaning.
: He said the family is insured for the loss, which is estimated at $10,000 for the building and $5,000 for the contents.
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: : BEACON JOURNAL (Akron, Ohio) 27 December 01 Makeshift heat lamp causes fire - Photo equipment used to keep lizards warm sets blaze in N. Canton home : : North Canton: Photographic equipment converted into a heat lamp for two foot-long lizards caused a Christmas Day house fire that would have been much worse had the family come home even a few minutes later. : : Firefighters contained the blaze, which started around 7 p.m., to the back bedroom in a brick and frame ranch house in the 1400 block of Red Coach Street Southeast. : : Nobody was home and no injuries were reported. : : The family's grown son, who was visiting his parents, had used a photographer's aluminum reflector and light bulb as a makeshift heat lamp to keep his reptiles warm. : : ``The concentrated heat of this thing was so intense it ignited the chair and closeby bedding,'' said Sam Bacon Jr., the North Canton Fire Department's chief of fire prevention. : : He said the family came home, heard the smoke detectors and saw the house filling with smoke. : : ``Had (the fire) had more time, it would have been a much more serious situation,'' Bacon said. : : The lizards died of smoke inhalation. Fire damage was contained to the bedroom, but smoke throughout the house will require cleaning. : : He said the family is insured for the loss, which is estimated at $10,000 for the building and $5,000 for the contents. : :

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