French officials pressed ahead today with their investigation of the fire, which was apparently caused by an electrical malfunction.

She stood up and gave the unit a slap with her hand, hoping that an electrical malfunction was the cause of the alarm.

"They think the unit has suffered some kind of mechanical and electrical malfunction."

We nervously speculated that it must have been a fire, some huge electrical malfunction.

It is another potential source of ignition, if there was an electrical malfunction.

An electrical malfunction and human error were both blamed as the cause.

An electrical malfunction was said to be the cause, but Jews here are no longer so sure.

Authorities suspect the cause to be an electrical malfunction in the attic.

He thought it had resulted from an electrical malfunction.

Last night, the train experienced other problems, when an electrical malfunction halted service for about 20 minutes.