It was a space heater, I had it on a timer (we had no heating in that part of the house) and I thought I had turned it off. My laundry pile was too close to the heater, it ignited the laundry which caused the can to rupture.

The fire was isolated to my room, and my dad and I got it extinguished before the fire department arrived. We lived 20 miles outside town.

I forget what the exact cause was listed as in the report, but it was not the same as the actual cause.