{"id":76130,"date":"2015-05-26T14:30:51","date_gmt":"2015-05-26T12:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=76130"},"modified":"2015-05-26T15:27:54","modified_gmt":"2015-05-26T13:27:54","slug":"an-rv-is-allegedly-burnt-down-by-an-unattended-wii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/76130-an-rv-is-allegedly-burnt-down-by-an-unattended-wii","title":{"rendered":"An RV is allegedly burnt down by an unattended Wii"},"content":{"rendered":"

An unattended Wii?! Is that gamer mad?! Apparently so.<\/p>\n

According to news site KKTV<\/a>, Trevor Pellegrin\u2019s RV, as well as most of the belongings contained within, were consumed by a fire that was started by his Wii console, and Pellegrin is adamant it wasn\u2019t a wiring fault.<\/p>\n

“This had nothing to do with the wires,<\/em>” said Pellegrin. “It started in the actual console of the Wii.<\/em>”<\/p>\n

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The culprit responsible hardly escaped unscathed.<\/p><\/div>\n

All Pellegrin had done prior to the fire was watch some Netflix on his console, not a particularly combustible activity, before leaving the console unattended and still plugged into the wall.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no warning label on that Wii saying unplug after use that it may cause a fire, there\u2019s no warning label so I didn\u2019t know to do that, to unplug it.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

Silly as it may sound, Pellegrin\u2019s statement is spot on.<\/p>\n

For those of you doubting that Nintendo\u2019s former flagship console is responsible, investigators are “99% sure” that the console is responsible for the fire. And that “all other possible sources of ignition have been ruled out.”<\/p>\n

Just to make absolutely sure, Pellegrin has asked his insurance company to conduct a more thorough investigation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is where I live, these are\u00a0my possessions. It might not be much, but it\u2019s all I had. And then I lost it all, over a game console,<\/em>\u201d said Pellegrin.<\/p>\n

We predict a lawsuit.<\/p>\n

Source: KKTV<\/a>, via IGN<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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