Nipomo man dies in home fire
An 83-year-old Nipomo man was killed Saturday morning after the electric space heater he had been using to keep warm at night caused a fire that consumed his entire house, said San Luis Obispo Cal Fire investigator Andy Andersen.Robert Koch's 97-year-old wife, Dorothy Koch, and 58-year-old daughter, Roselle Hardin, escaped through a back window in the bedroom of the single story house, at 330 Verbena Street.
Andersen said Koch woke up at about 3 p.m. when the fire started and immediately alerted his family. Hardin told investigators that the smoke from the fire was two feet off the ground and that the fire had engulfed the area where the recliner was at the front of the house, Andersen said.
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This is the kind of fire which could be prevented by a SmokeShutoff power strip. As soon as smoldering starts, the power strip cuts off power to the space heater.
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