An estimated 25,000 house fires are caused by space heaters each year. A group sharing a house in Virginia Beach learned this first hand on Jan. 4, 2010, when their electric space heater ignited flammable materials. My colleague Rick Shapiro takes note of this incident--in which, fortunately, no one was hurt--in his latest post to the Virginia Beach Legal Examiner. Rick also shares a number of tips for using electric space heaters safely.
