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Originally Posted by Unknown008

Was the house made of wood?
Did the house has wooden supports?
Could the fire have burned these supports and the house crumbled down?

Did they get killed by someone?

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No to all 4.

Did the fire cause something to melt?

Did they die because of lack of oxygen? (I don't know if this is considered as suffocated, sorry if it is).

Did they sleep near the fire?

Did the fire somehow cause toxic fumes to be released into the air?

Were they Eskimos, and the fire was built on an ice floe, and the floor melted and they drowned?

I love logic puzzles, but I've often found that the answers are completely insanely ridiculous---so when I'm stuck, I throw out the oddest thing I can think of off the top of my head.

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Originally Posted by Synnen

Were they Eskimos, and the fire was built on an ice floe, and the floor melted and they drowned?

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Synnen, you are close, but not quite. Keep thinking along those lines.

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Originally Posted by Synnen

I love logic puzzles, but I've often found that the answers are completely insanely ridiculous---so when I'm stuck, I throw out the oddest thing I can think of off the top of my head.

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I feel the same way. I promise not to use any that seem ridiculous. It's just not fair to common logic.

They built one of those ice fishing huts on a lake. The floor of the hut melted and they drowned in the lake.

If that theory is close, I don't know what else to go off.

Was it the fire built on ice that was close?

Or the house built of something like ice or snow?

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Originally Posted by Synnen

Was it the fire built on ice that was close?

Or the house built of something like ice or snow?

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You're so close I have to give the answer.

They were explorers who had built an igloo. The fire was too big and melted the walls when they fell asleep. They both suffered extreme hypothermia and died.

That is a good one, I might have to use that one sometime.

I don't want to hog the thread. Who's next?

I jumped into these late, and I'm at work---so I don't want to jump in with the few I know and have you all either already have done it, or have to wait for my answers.