Radio in Oven = Bad Idea. Got it.
OK, so… there’s a lady in Hopkinton, RI who set fire to her apartment, nearly killed neighbors and rescue workers with hydrogen cyanide and sent over 30 people to the hospital. How?
She stored her radio in her oven and forgot it was there. Turn the oven on? Hilarity ensues.
Oops.
I’ve had some dealings with old people… some of them in diminished mental states due to stroke, reduced kidney function, et cetera… On first glance, the notion of storing a radio in an oven seems pretty crazy. People store pots, pans, dishes, pizza stones… all kinds of things in their ovens. If you don’t bake frequently, the oven is just a giant cavity in the kitchen going to waste. So… maybe a toaster in the oven isn’t so much of a stretch… and if that, why not a radio… maybe she was cleaning her counters and had to put it somehwere… or maybe she was just bonkers.
More ridiculous to me is the fact that so many firefighters were overcome.
Note to self:
Radio = Electronics + Plastic
Oven = Hot
Electronics + Hot = Dangerous Fumes
Plastic + Hot = Dangerous Fumes + Fire
Radio + Oven = 2(Dangerous Fumes) + Fire