Posted on 01/27/2014 6:50:49 PM PST by DogByte6RER
Man suffers smoke inhalation trying to get Xbox out of burning home
• Fire possibly started in electrical junction box
OLATHE, Kan. —A man suffered minor smoke inhalation early Friday morning when he ran back into his burning home to retrieve an Xbox, according to Olathe firefighters.
Fire crews were called to the home in the 800 block of Loula Street about 3:30 a.m.
Two men lived in the home. They were awakened by smoke alarms sounding.
Authorities said both men got out, but one man went back into the home to get the video game system and was overcome by smoke. He was treated at the scene.
An investigator said the fire appeared to have started at an electrical junction box. Damage was estimated at $80,000.
Dint judge the man harshly. It can sometimes take many hours to advance in some games.
the genius aining at herself may be his mom...
too bad there’s no identity on the xbox martyr!
Contrast this with the poor little boy (who was more of a man than this genius) who died trying to save his crippled grandfather last week.
What was he smoking?
He’d probably run up a big score in his favorite game, and didn’t want to have to start all over again.
My son recently had a house fire when his dryer caught fire. Even though most of his house was engulfed in smoke and that the fire was contained to his garage, he thought his whole house was burning. He went back in to get his wife’s computer because she was having an exam for school that Monday. Then he went back in to get some papers she needed. Needless to say, I read him the riot act over his actions, and thankfully, his house didn’t burn down.
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