Could have been worse! Aluminum wiring, kid was running a gaming PC, dual monitor setup, a PlayStation and a mini fridge on a janky power bar. Fire department cut the receptacle out and threw it outside. Lucky.
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I had a house built in 1956, but it had a fairly new panel in it. All the receptacles were three prong Decora. When I checked, none had ground conductors. Whoever did the panel replaced the wire as far as the first junction/receptacle, but left the old wire after that. After the new panel was installed the home owner had replaced the receptacles, and left it at that. At least it was all copper.
It was a bungalow with an unfinished basement, so it didn't take much time to rewire it, and it did get money off the purchase price.