Firefighters Urge You to Never Plug These Devices into Power Strips: A Lifesaving Winter Warning

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In 2017, Umatilla County Fire District #1 in Hermiston, Oregon, took to Facebook to issue a simple but crucial warning: Never plug a space heater into a power strip. The reason for this caution is clear — power strips are not designed to handle the high current flow required by space heaters. When a space heater is plugged into a power strip, continue reading …