London - A French amateur psychic's powers of prediction were under sharp scrutiny after his crystal ball started an inferno that burnt out his flat, a British newspaper reported on Friday.
The fortune-telling device had caused a fire that destroyed two other flats and rendered several more uninhabitable, The Times said.
Herve Vandrot, 24, who studies botany at Edinburgh University, left his trusty crystal ball on a windowsill while he sauntered off to the city's Royal Botanical Garden.
He returned surprised to find his top floor flat ablaze and suffered blistering to a hand after dashing in to rescue some coursework.
He was dragged out of the building by some of the 35 firefighters who rushed to tackle the inferno.
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Vandrot had only been in the flat for two weeks. After a night in hospital, he insisted the crystal ball was not to blame. - Sapa-AFP
- This article was originally published on page 4 of Cape Argus on August 12, 2005
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