I recently worked a fire where a Mitsubishi 50 - 55 inch big screen
television was setting on a front porch of a residence, up against the
house facing west. The unit was not plugged in. The person who
discovered the fire observed smoke and flames on the backside of the
unit, the fire was quickly put out with water prior to the FD arriving.
Examination of the television cabinet showed one hole burned through
the back approximately four inches in diameter. The residence had some
siding burned and melted though no real interior wall damage, no
circuits running in the area that would be a causative factor.
I took the front off to examine the interiior and found all of the
electrical components intact. The interior of the cabinet had multiple
unconnected burn/scorch marks inside at different angles. The greatest
damage was at the back where the hole was burned from the inside
outward.
I found no interior access areas or evidence that the front had been
remvoed prior to the fire. All evidence leads towards sun light being
concentrated or magnified as it entered the front lenses and caught the
interior particle board on fire.
Anyone have anything similar out there?