Setting It Straight

In the March 21 issue of the LW Weekly, front page images of a Mutual 11 fire were incorrectly attributed to Rick Hackenberg. Rich Hackenberg of Mutual 11 took the photos.

A story detailing fire history in Leisure World March 21 incorrectly attributed the cause of a fatal 2009 fire in Mutual 11 to smoking. The cause of the fire was actually an old heating pad that didn’t have an automatic shut-off and overheated, lighting a pillow on fire. A Mutual 6 resident is the daughter of the homeowner who died as a result of injury suffered in the fire, and she has made it her mission to warn fellow LWers of the dangers of heating pads that lack automatic shut-offs.