London - A pet fish has been blamed for a fire in a house that almost cost a woman and her two daughters their lives.
Kipper, an 20cm catfish, is believed to have sparked the blaze when it fought with an opponent in their tank.
The Sun reports that water splashed out of the aquarium and fell on an electric plug below.
This in turn sent a power surge up the tank's light cable which burnt the plastic lid. The lid then melted and dripped onto a leather sofa which burst into flames.
Within minutes the blaze engulfed the lounge as Sharron Killahena, 25, and her children Nicole, six, and Kerry, two, slept upstairs in the house in Poole, Dorset.
Thankfully for them, a smoke alarm woke landlord Simon Justice, 25, in a different room, who woke the family in time for them to escape.
Their home was completely destroyed and their six fish died. Killahena was nevertheless grateful to have survived the ordeal: "At least we are here to tell the tale." - Ananova.com
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