Westbrook Fire Department - This near miss occurred yesterday in a apartment on Main Street. If you must use electric space heaters, plug them directly into a wall receptacle. Always avoid using
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After years of tell her not to plug space heaters into extension cords, my mother almost burned the house down and ruined the wall where she had it plugged in. Apparently “no
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