The Easiest Fire to Put Out

Swiss firefighters save elderly woman from her burning television by changing the channel.
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Zurich authorities say police and firefighters were called to the house of an elderly woman after she reported her television set was burning.
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When they arrived, they discovered no signs of fire or smoke.
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They found instead that the TV was tuned into a German station that in the early morning hours aired the constant image of a fireplace.
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"The fire was extinguished with the press of a button," police said in a statement.
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