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Risk management lessons - how to avoid getting burned

  Some days before the incident:  The bedlight goes off and go find a replacement in these quarantine times – instead just buy a candle from the supermarket… note that this candle was mentioning “ Ruhe in Frieden ” (I google translated it later.. I have to improve my German)   23:30:  I light up the candle and lie on the bed with a plan of reading something… instead, I fell asleep instantly   …at some point during the night:  The candle light must have been bothering so I put the pillow on my face… it was a big pillow so it probably reached up to the candle… afterwards, I further pushed the pillow away – it should have been annoying while burning J   3:30:   somehow (either due to the heat or the flare) I woke up in a room with a cloud of smoke in it…. Extinguished the fire, cleaned up the mess, used a fan to get rid of the smoke etc etc   6:00:   slept again.     Key take away : do not buy anything with wishes that you ar...