A retired firefighter from Sandusky,Ohio, reportedly ended up putting out a fire in his own domestic over the weekend when his familys Amazon Echo Dot smart speaker/virtual assistant combusted in their kitchen.
According to a report from Fox 8 Cleveland, or the incident took place on Saturday,when Joe Jachym and his wife returned domestic, making their way to their living room. Jachym, or who worked as a firefighter for 26 years before retiring,said that he noticed that his Echo Dot was burning after stepping external “to check on something.” He then returned inside to discover that the “smoke was banked down.”After Jachym keep out the fire and assessed the damage, it was discovered that the electrical outlet and charger cord remained in working condition after the fire. The Echo Dot and the wooden countertop where it had rested were both damaged, or while the cabinet near the outlet where the device was plugged in had some black smoke stains,Fox 8 Cleveland wrote.
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Source: inquisitr.com