Scary story taken from the Independent today!

A mother-of-two died after scalding water poured out of a water tank through a ceiling and on to her bed as she slept, an inquest heard yesterday.

David Pritchard, principal scientist with the Health and Safety Executive, told the inquest in Helston, Cornwall, that a faulty thermostat meant the hot water tank was able to reach boiling point instead of stabilising at 60C. The hot water then flowed into the cold water tank in the loft until that too was filled with boiling water.