Crime & Safety

Relaxation Aid Becomes Flaming Horror when Neck Warmer Burns

Small microwave fire is extinguished before department arrives.

The weekend was a busy one for Santa Clara County Fire Department.

On Friday, three engines were dispatched to Railway Avenue. When they arrived at 9:41 a.m., the fire was already extinguished. The whole incident took about four minutes for the department to clear.

There was about $500 reported in damages with this incident.

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The cause of the fire? A fire spokeswoman says a neck warmer had caught on fire in a microwave. 


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