TV Set Fingered for Apartment Blaze

Since it first became popular over a half-century ago, the television set has been blamed for many things, from fostering laziness and ignorance to spreading propaganda and misinformation. Now, it appears a TV set is the likely culprit in igniting a blaze Monday night that destroyed a two-story apartment in Welland, Ontario.

Fortunately, the building's other apartment was spared and, although paramedics treated one tenant for smoke inhalation after attempting to return to the building to rescue a pet, there were no reports of serious injuries, according to the Welland Tribune.

While authorities point the finger at the tenants' TV set, the exact cause of the incident may remain a mystery because the appliance was reportedly destroyed -- along with any evidence of its faultiness.

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