Smouldering paper towels lit by glasses on windowsill almost caused fire, firies say

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Smouldering paper towels lit by glasses on windowsill almost caused fire, firies say
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Near-miss as house in South Australia's mid-north almost catches alight because of glasses on a sunny windowsill.

The South Australia Metropolitan Fire Service is urging people to be careful after a bathroom in the state's mid-north almost caught alight.She says she had left a pair of glasses on the windowsill which reflected the sun's lightPort Pirie resident Vicki Heydon came home to find the roll of paper towels she had left on her bathroom vanity was smouldering.

She had placed a pair of glasses on the windowsill which she said had reflected the sun's rays coming through the frosted window onto the paper towels, almost causing a fire. "It was on one of the really hot days and I'd gone into the bathroom and I could smell a slight scorching, something really hot," Ms Heydon said."Why it would have happened was because I'd put a pair of glasses up on the window ledge earlier in the morning when I was tidying up.

"I'm definitely not putting my glasses up on the window ledge again and with the hot days, I'll just move the paper towel to the other side of the washbasin."South Australia Metropolitan Fire Service community engagement officer, Phil Evans, said incidents like this were rare, but did occur, even during cooler months.

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