In the wake of a house fire that killed a mother and eight children in Kentucky January 30, Electrical Safety Foundation International (ESFI) is offering tips on how other can avoid similar fire tragedies.
Police said the fire in the Kentucky incident started when a combustible material fell against an electric heater in a bedroom as a family slept. La Rae "Nikki" Watson and eight children, ages 4 to 15, perished in the blaze, while 36-year-old Chad Watson and his only surviving child, 11-year-old Kylie Watson, were hospitalized with injuries.