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Local officials believe an electrical short circuit or another fault in a machine used to increase the level of oxygen in the ward sparked the fire.

Reflecting on his use of the internet, Burton said: "I get depressed very quickly, maybe more quickly than other people. But it doesn't take me much to start to click and start to short circuit."

Causing a short circuit in a battery to trigger thermal runaway and an explosion with a physical alteration is fairly straight-forward, Pecht said.

International Paralympic Committee president Andrew Parsons ran a short circuit of the athletics track following the ignition earlier.

But as its nine “chapters” proceed from “Go West” to “End of the Wild,” with stops at gold, God and genocide, the history and satire begin to short circuit each other.