Wednesday, May 13, 2015
Watch those mirrors!
This sounds like old-fashioned detective fiction.
The fire earlier this year completely ravaged the home of a young couple in Walton-on-the-Naze in Essex, leaving them homeless. But now a senior fire investigation has revealed the probable cause of the blaze was a magnifying shaving mirror left near a window, which caused the fire by reflecting the sunlight onto paperwork and upholstery.Bonfire of the vanities! Sounds funny at first, but obviously wasn't funny to the people who lost their house. Wonder why there haven't been specific Fire Inspector shows on radio or TV? Would have been a good source of drama. Cop shows occasionally deal with arson, mainly as a mode of murder. I can only think of one fire-based series. It was in the '30s and it was definitely aimed at kids, with a didactic tone. ¶ 4:12 PM
