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Energy type: 
Electricity
 
Event summary: 
A piece of electronic equipment failed and caused a fire at a domestic dwelling. A bed and its contents and surrounding decorations were damaged.
 
Accident ID: 
160320 01
 
Accident date: 
18 March 2016
 
Site: 
Domestic
 
Environment: 
Building
 
Voltage: 
230
 
Equipment: 
Power supply unit
 
Accident type: 
Fire
 
Casualty: 
Non-fatality
 
Injury: 
No injury
 
Property damage level: 
Restricted to the direct vicinity of the equipment
 
Outcome of investigation: 

The fire resulted in damage caused by an unknown make of foreign power supply used to charge an i pad type device. The charger was bought as a separate unit in Thailand and was powered through a New Zealand travel adaptor. It is believed that the charger was the cause of the fire. No details of the make of charger were able to be recovered.