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Possibly related: http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/21/us/brooklyn-fire-children-killed/index.html http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/21/us/brooklyn-fire-children-kill... TL;
by IvyMike 12y ago
Possibly related: http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/21/us/brooklyn-fire-children-killed/index.html http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/21/us/brooklyn-fire-children-kill...
TL;DR: Tragic fire caused by a hot plate left on overnight so that it could be used to warm food on the Sabbath.
- jonathanjaeger 12y agoMy mom just told me about that story, and when I came to HN I thought it had to be related that this made front page on HN exactly when this tragedy happened.
- golergka 12y agoIn Israel they are advertised specifically for that purpose. I'm not religious, but I suspect that this is exactly the case. However, since this user case is non-orthodox for heating surfaces, I think that they need special testing and quality control for hot plates sold for this.
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- ars 12y agoOh my God, that's horrible! That looks like it was caused by not having any smoke detectors :(