Twenty five firefighters were called to a house fire near Invercargill on Thursday night. A USB charger was the cause of a fire that destroyed a house in Invercargill on Thursday night. Invercargill specialist fire investigator Murray Milne-Maresca said a six-year-old boy smelled the fire while his mother was cooking dinner. READ MORE:* Rotorua garage fire being treated as suspicious* Thames family overwhelmed with support after blaze destroys home* Phone charger, cord or wall plug caused Queenstown house fire - investigatorThe family tried to extinguish the blaze with water. It turned out the USB charger was not compatible with the make of the phone, and possibly overheated causing the fire.

Source: Stuff April 12, 2019 00:29 UTC