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Do Not Use Laptop in Bed

A couple in Mequon lost their 25 year old son Arun Gopal in a freak fire accident at home June 4th. This is exactly what happened. Arun had graduated with MBA from University of Wisconsin-Madison just two weeks before that and had came home from the campus for a day. He had lunch with his dad at home and decided to go back to clean up his room at the campus. However, his dad told him to wait and see his mother before returning to the campus as she was due back from work in a couple of hours. He decided to take a short nap while waiting for his mom while his dad went out. Neighbors called 911 when they saw black smoke coming out of the house. The 25 year old Arun died in the three years old house. It took several days of investigation to find out the cause of the fire. It was determined that the fire was caused by lap top in the bed. When the lap top is on the bed, the area below it is blocked and the cooling fan did not get air to cool it; and that is what caused the fire. Arun