An earlier hearing of the inquest was told Miss Shaw was electrocuted when an
immersion heater overheated, causing water to overflow, and flooding a cupboard containing electrical contacts and piping.
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They got away with tools and an
immersion heater. PC Gary Cowan said the area is surrounded by football pitches and allotments and anyone who saw anything suspicious is urged to contact him on 01642 302126 or anonymously on Crimestoppers 0800 555 111.
A defective
immersion heater had caused overheated water to flood an insufficiently supported tank which collapsed, the Helston inquest heard.
FIREFIGHTERS had to search a smoke-filled house to make sure no- one was inside after an
immersion heater started a blaze in an airing cupboard.
An inquest opened in West Bromwich yesterday heard that an
immersion heater had overheated, causing water to boil and leak and flooding a cupboard containing electrical contacts and piping.
Elsie Scott was blown out of her bedroom when her
immersion heater exploded in August.
A defective
immersion heater caused overheated water to flood a plastic tank which then collapsed in Penzance, Cornwall.
There is also a built-in linen cupboard with lagged copper hot water cylinder and
immersion heater.
The blaze was started by a faulty cable in the
immersion heater in the airing cupboard.
The fire, believed to have been caused by an electrical fault in an
immersion heater, caused extensive damage to the property, leaving it uninhabitable.