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Kathianne
07-11-2012, 12:18 AM
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/man-sets-house-fire-trying-kill-spiders-blowtorch-233815257.html


If Eiliya Maida thought he hated spiders before, imagine how he must feel now. The California man accidentally set his house on fire while using a blowtorch to clear spider webs out of his backyard.

The Chico Enterprise Record (http://www.chicoer.com/news/ci_21031067/man-sets-house-ablaze-while-killing-spiders-blowtorch) reports that dry plants in Maida's backyard ignited as he was attempting to burn the webs. The plant fire then spread to the house, starting an attic fire. Maida was apparently unaware of starting the house fire until his brother-in-law George Basbous noticed the blaze.


"And that's when I went crazy," Basbous said.


Maida's wife and two children safely exited the house, and no one was injured in the fire. Still, firefighters were forced to cut a hole in the house's roof to put out the flames. Chico Fire Chief Keith Carter said the fire would have mushroomed if they hadn't created the hole.


Fire Inspector Marie Fickert told the paper that the family has been displaced as a result of the fire, which did approximately $25,000 in damages...

Nell's Room
07-11-2012, 12:21 AM
He should be charged with something, no one could be that stupid, surely!

Kathianne
07-11-2012, 12:34 AM
He should be charged with something, no one could be that stupid, surely!

They are Legion!

http://www.darwinawards.com/darwin/

Shadow
07-11-2012, 05:51 AM
Good thing a new fire station just opened up down the street from him.

fj1200
07-11-2012, 02:22 PM
WHEN is that a good idea?

ConHog
07-11-2012, 02:29 PM
WHEN is that a good idea?

You don't like Spider Brule?

fj1200
07-11-2012, 02:31 PM
You don't like Spider Brule?

Here in GA the crunch comes from the sugar? :laugh: but I do like a good creme brulee.

ConHog
07-11-2012, 02:33 PM
Here in GA the crunch comes from the sugar? :laugh: but I do like a good creme brulee.

well sure you gotta sprinkle a little sugar on the spider first.................... details man details.

Thunderknuckles
07-11-2012, 02:47 PM
Guess the guy never heard of a broom.

hjmick
07-11-2012, 09:40 PM
I would have been willing to bet that happened in New Mexico...

ConHog
07-11-2012, 09:57 PM
I would have been willing to bet that happened in New Mexico...

Why? Are New Mexicans unusually stupid?

Nell's Room
07-11-2012, 10:38 PM
Guess the guy never heard of a broom.

Or bug spray. Or a fly swat. Or simply stomping on them.

gabosaurus
07-11-2012, 11:15 PM
Just wait. Dude is going to wake up one day and find the spiders have come for revenge.

http://realanonymousgirl.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/spider_face.jpg

eunicemorgia
07-13-2012, 12:15 PM
weew. tsk2 :(