Hutchinson home 'annihilated' by fire
By John Green
jgreen@hutchnews.com
The Hutchinson News
April Smith awoke at about 3 a.m. Wednesday to find the curtains next to her bed on fire.
The young woman, her parents and infant child escaped the home at 3003 West 9th without injury, but the fire destroyed the uninsured home and most of its contents.
"It was annihilated," Smith said of the home she grew up in with her siblings. "It burned the entire bedroom it started in, floor to ceiling. It got up in the attic, causing damage in every room. It got so hot all the electronics in the house - the TV, stereo, CD player - melted throughout the house. The tiles and stuff on the ceiling melted."
The curtains where the fire started were next to a wall outlet, Smith said, which had a space heater plugged into it. The heater itself was not near the wall.
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I don't understand how there can be tipover shutoffs for space heaters, but not smoke shutoffs. Until there are, I think smart insurers and landlords should provide smoke shutoff power strips for residents to plug their space heaters in.
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