A man in his sixties or seventies lay on his back on the floor beside the coffee table, his arms spread out at his sides. His neck was burned black. Beneath his open jacket, he wore a long-sleeved T-shirt. He had on casual trousers, but no belt. His feet were bare, and a pair of house slippers lay scattered in opposite directions, one of them upside down. A chair had toppled over beside him.
On the coffee table, an electric fan lay dismantled into pieces. A power strip was plugged into the wall at one end and connected to the fan at the other. The wire attached to the fan motor dangled over the edge of the table, its end burned black.
The air conditioner in the corner blew out a steady stream of cold air. Its display showed a cooling temperature of 16 degrees.
