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Man Thanks iPhone's Siri for Saving His Life in Explosion

by Associated Press

   WILMOT, N.H. --

   A New Hampshire man who was injured in a house explosion is thanking
   Siri for saving his life.

   Christopher Beaucher says he was checking on his mother's vacant
   cottage in Wilmot on May 1 when he saw something suspicious and went
   inside.
   He tells WMUR-TV when he switched on a light, the house exploded.
   "The whole place caught fire," Beaucher said. "Part of it collapsed
   while I was in it during the initial explosion, so I couldn't really
   tell where I was."
   Beaucher's face and hands were badly burned. He grabbed his cellphone
   but was unable to dial because of his injuries. He says he somehow
   asked his iPhone's voice-controlled virtual assistant Siri to call 911,
   believing he was going into shock.
   Beaucher is undergoing treatment for his injuries but says he hopes to
   return to his job as a cook and tend to his farm.
   "I'm very, very, extremely lucky to be alive," he said.
   The New Hampshire state fire marshal's office is investigating the
   explosion.