An elderly woman had a lucky escape after a crystal ball set alight to curtains in her lounge, a fire service has said.
The woman, aged in her 60s, returned, to her home in Dorset, to find the property full of smoke and the curtains on fire.
Fire crews attended and put out the blaze and an investigation showed that a crystal ball placed on a window sill had refracted sunlight on to the curtains, causing the fire.
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Full Version: Granny's lucky fire escape
QUOTE (Owlscrying @ Oct 18 2007, 11:47 PM) 
An elderly woman had a lucky escape after a crystal ball set alight to curtains in her lounge, a fire service has said.
The woman, aged in her 60s, returned, to her home in Dorset, to find the property full of smoke and the curtains on fire.
Fire crews attended and put out the blaze and an investigation showed that a crystal ball placed on a window sill had refracted sunlight on to the curtains, causing the fire.
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The woman, aged in her 60s, returned, to her home in Dorset, to find the property full of smoke and the curtains on fire.
Fire crews attended and put out the blaze and an investigation showed that a crystal ball placed on a window sill had refracted sunlight on to the curtains, causing the fire.
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Wow! Who would have thought of that!? Poor lady, at least she wasn't hurt.
a crystal ball set her curtains on fire, wow it must have been sunny
Click to view attachment o.k..obviously it wasn't a crystal ball she could read...Had it been, and she read it, it would have told her "Do Not Leave Me on The Windowsill While You Shop"................... 
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