Vermont hotel evacuated after guest uses European plug in wall socket
By APThursday, April 1, 2010
Vt. hotel evacuated after guest uses wrong plug
RUTLAND, Vt. — Firefighters in a Vermont city said a hotel had to be evacuated in the middle of the night after a guest plugged a European DVD player into an American electrical outlet. Firefighters said the incompatible plug created a lot of smoke at the Comfort Inn and fire alarms were triggered early Tuesday throughout the 104-room hotel.
Emergency workers didn’t find a fire, but they did find a burned out television and DVD player.
Deputy Fire Chief Francis Cioffi told the Rutland Herald the difference between the appliances flash-fried the electronics in the room but didn’t affect the entire hotel.
Information from: Rutland Herald, www.rutlandherald.com/
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