Image source: minicassiavoice Smart meters may be linked to a series of house fires and one death in two Nevada communities, and the fire chiefs of the towns have asked the state Public Utilities Commission to launch an investigation, which it is doing. Reno, Nevada Fire Chief Michael Hernandez and Sparks, Nevada, Fire Chief Tom Garrison say they know of nine fires which could have been caused by smart meters. A 61-year-old woman was fatally burned in one of them, The Reno Gazette-Journal reported. A North Carolina company, Sensus, makes the meters in question. “Based on physical evidence … the Sensus meter cannot be eliminated as the ignition source,” forensic investigator Andrew Thoresen wrote of a blaze that killed Michelle Sherman, 61. “Data tends to suggest the meter may have failed.” (Listen to Off The Grid Radio’s in-depth report on smart meters here.) The city of Reno hired Thoresen to investigate the fire and the possibility that a smart meter manufactured by Sensus and installed by NV Energy – the local power company – started the fire in Sherman’s townhome on Rhinestone Circle in Reno. The official cause of the fire has not yet been determined. Concern is Widespread “Yes, it’s a small number, but as fire chief, when I start to see a pattern, it gets my attention,” Hernandez said of the smart meters.
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