Family treated for smoke inhalation after Blackburn house blaze
8:44am Sunday 28th October 2012 in News
By Catherine Pye, Health reporter
A FAMILY has been treated for smoke inhalation after an electrical fire at their home in Abraham Street, Blackburn, this morning.
A smoke detector woke the house owner, her two daughters aged 22 and 27, and her three-year-old grandaughter at 7.10am, and they managed to leave the house themselves.
Firefighters spent an hour tackling the blaze in the living room, and making sure the house was safe.
Crew Manager Steve Horrocks said: “We’re guessing that that the fire has started because of an over heated or short-circuited baby monitor or mobile phone charger.
“There is quite severe damage to the living room, but luckily the door was shut, so that has negated the effect on the rest of the house.”
Comments(17)
Fire Fly
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10:05am Sun 28 Oct 12
2 for 5p wrote:The voice of doom, gloom & drivel has yet again spoken & as usual its utter rubbish. Any charger, regardless of manufacturer can overheat, just as a tv left on standby can do the same.
THats what happens when you by cheap and nasty electrical equipment possibly fakes.
A totally uncalled for & insensitive remark given what they've been through this morning!
255.255.255.0
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10:37am Sun 28 Oct 12
2 for 5p wrote:what a loser. Not surprising though coming from you. get a life.
THats what happens when you by cheap and nasty electrical equipment possibly fakes.
Stone Island:
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10:48am Sun 28 Oct 12
commonsenseplease
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11:02am Sun 28 Oct 12
I dread to think if they didn't have a fire alarm how much more progressed the fire would have been by the time they realised.
Glad all concerned are safe.
M.DANNY
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2:36pm Sun 28 Oct 12
e phones and chargers,cd players ,radios,Tvs,vacum cleaners,are all made in China. China a new superpower now making shoddy goods for the West.
the kebabster
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4:05pm Sun 28 Oct 12
the kebabster
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4:07pm Sun 28 Oct 12
Info-warrior
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6:47pm Sun 28 Oct 12
Mr Horrocks well done for putting the fire out. Can't you get any help with that that stammer..?
M.DANNY
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9:59pm Sun 28 Oct 12
le,F16s,Stealth fighters,Trident Nuclear Missilles,Boeing planes, and many more these are world class companies in USA.USA is the most advanced country in the world.World's richest country and a Superpower not even Russia,China or India can match USA's technology or military superiority.Japan has few industries can match USA technology like Sony,Toyota,Lexus,Pa
nasonic, Korea has one company Samsung,West Germany has few companies like Bayer,Bosch,Audi,BMW
,Mercedes and VW, thats about it.While China,India and Russia has a lot of catching up to do with USA.China,Russia and India makes cheap shoddy goods for the west.
modan
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10:31pm Sun 28 Oct 12
ina and India would and capable of using weapons of mass destructions.
oracle999
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10:35pm Sun 28 Oct 12
the kebabster wrote:That would be correct my friend
The smoke alarm was probably made in China too!
2 for 5p
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2:33am Mon 29 Oct 12
Fire Fly wrote:I hope your not a member of the fire brigade, because you're a disgrace to your profession if you are.
2 for 5p wrote: THats what happens when you by cheap and nasty electrical equipment possibly fakes.The voice of doom, gloom & drivel has yet again spoken & as usual its utter rubbish. Any charger, regardless of manufacturer can overheat, just as a tv left on standby can do the same. A totally uncalled for & insensitive remark given what they've been through this morning!
You are tring to say that that fakes are just as safe as real chargers. That is dangerous advice perhaps you should resign from the brigade that's if you are init.
Then again you prob sign your name every fortnight instead.
Fire Fly
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5:01am Mon 29 Oct 12
2 for 5p wrote:...how am I 'tring to say' that fakes are just as safe by having said 'any charger, regardless of manufacturer can overheat'??
Fire Fly wrote:I hope your not a member of the fire brigade, because you're a disgrace to your profession if you are.
2 for 5p wrote: THats what happens when you by cheap and nasty electrical equipment possibly fakes.The voice of doom, gloom & drivel has yet again spoken & as usual its utter rubbish. Any charger, regardless of manufacturer can overheat, just as a tv left on standby can do the same. A totally uncalled for & insensitive remark given what they've been through this morning!
You are tring to say that that fakes are just as safe as real chargers. That is dangerous advice perhaps you should resign from the brigade that's if you are init.
Then again you prob sign your name every fortnight instead.
You really do come up with the most bizarre & inane drivel.
2 for 5p
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10:55am Mon 29 Oct 12
Fire Fly wrote:Well you still havnt a answered my question are you in the fire brigade or not.
2 for 5p wrote:...how am I 'tring to say' that fakes are just as safe by having said 'any charger, regardless of manufacturer can overheat'??
Fire Fly wrote:I hope your not a member of the fire brigade, because you're a disgrace to your profession if you are.
2 for 5p wrote: THats what happens when you by cheap and nasty electrical equipment possibly fakes.The voice of doom, gloom & drivel has yet again spoken & as usual its utter rubbish. Any charger, regardless of manufacturer can overheat, just as a tv left on standby can do the same. A totally uncalled for & insensitive remark given what they've been through this morning!
You are tring to say that that fakes are just as safe as real chargers. That is dangerous advice perhaps you should resign from the brigade that's if you are init.
Then again you prob sign your name every fortnight instead.
You really do come up with the most bizarre & inane drivel.
Fire Fly
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2:55pm Mon 29 Oct 12
2 for 5p wrote:@ 2 for 5p
Fire Fly wrote:Well you still havnt a answered my question are you in the fire brigade or not.
2 for 5p wrote:...how am I 'tring to say' that fakes are just as safe by having said 'any charger, regardless of manufacturer can overheat'??
Fire Fly wrote:I hope your not a member of the fire brigade, because you're a disgrace to your profession if you are.
2 for 5p wrote: THats what happens when you by cheap and nasty electrical equipment possibly fakes.The voice of doom, gloom & drivel has yet again spoken & as usual its utter rubbish. Any charger, regardless of manufacturer can overheat, just as a tv left on standby can do the same. A totally uncalled for & insensitive remark given what they've been through this morning!
You are tring to say that that fakes are just as safe as real chargers. That is dangerous advice perhaps you should resign from the brigade that's if you are init.
Then again you prob sign your name every fortnight instead.
You really do come up with the most bizarre & inane drivel.
...You didn't ask me if I was in the fire brigade...you said you hoped I wasn't. That's not a question & the reason you didn't receive a reply.
However, to placate your troubled mind, no I am not a member of the fire brigade & neither do I sign on.
2 for 5p
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6:08pm Mon 29 Oct 12
Phew that's a relleif

2 for 5p says...
8:56am Sun 28 Oct 12