My home burned up in 2003 due to a short in the inner wall wiring. MY HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES!
It's horrible ordeal, and what my insurance company put me through (I had to sue them) was almost worse then the fire.
We had no loss of life...even got the hamster out.. so we felt blessed. We lost a LOT, but not everything.
I will take your advice and go check the house... I think we have everything on power strips...but I'll make sure. We always change the batteries in our 7 smoke detectors annually too.
((((((((((((((Hugs))))))))))))))))))))