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A pet fish has been blamed for a house fire which
\n nearly cost a woman and her two daughters their lives.<\/p>\n
Kipper, an eight-inch catfish, is thought to have triggered the blaze when
\n it fought with a rival in their tank.<\/p>\n
Water splashed out of the aquarium and landed on an electric plug below,
\n reports The Sun.<\/p>\n
It sent a power surge up the tank’s light cable which burnt the plastic
\n lid which melted and dripped onto a leather sofa which burst into flames.<\/p>\n
The blaze soon engulfed the lounge as Sharron Killahena, 25, and kids Nicole,
\n six, and Kerry, two, slept upstairs in the house in Poole, Dorset.<\/p>\n
Luckily a smoke alarm woke landlord Simon Justice, 25, in a different room,
\n who woke the family in time to escape.<\/p>\n
Their home was wrecked and their six fish died but Sharron said: "At
\n least we are here to tell the tale.<\/p>\n
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