Orlando, Fla ... Man Burns Down His Apartment to Kill Bug Infestation

Orlando Sentinel ^ | April 7, 2014 | Jeff Weiner,

[DogByte6RER]

Man started fire to burn bugs in 'deplorable' apartment, report states

A man pulled from a fire on Sunday night told authorities that he started the blaze accidentally — while trying to burn the bugs in his apartment, the Orlando Police Department said.

Orlando police and fire crews were called to the fire at an apartment building on Lakeview Street, near Lake Concord just north of downtown Orlando, about 11:30 p.m.

The man was rescued from his burning apartment and taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center to be treated for smoke inhalation, according to Orlando police.

An officer who checked the apartment afterward described its "deplorable" living conditions in his report:

"There was trash and empty beer cans covering the majority of the floor in the living area and the kitchen," the officer wrote in his report. "The bedroom where most of the fire damage occurred was also filled with trash and cans."

The man, whose name has not been released, told authorities he started the fire "to burn the bugs in his home and computer," according to the police report released Monday.

[DogByte6RER]

[driftdiver]

The bugs are bad here.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Did it work ?

[NonValueAdded]

Mission Accomplished!

[Joe 6-pack]

"The man, whose name has not been released, told authorities he started the fire "to burn the bugs in his home and computer,"

Guess that's one way to debug a computer.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

I just got through watching THEM!. Flamethrowers VS giant ants.

[boycott]

I am going to guess he got them?

[shibumi]

I’ve been advocating this approach for years.

[shibumi]

[tallyhoe]

Use bug bombs!!! They kill almost everything that walks or crawls!!!

[shibumi]

Unfortunately, there are no squirrel threads this evening .....

[doorgunner69]

Well, the man did find a solution.........

[shibumi]

"Well, the man did find a solution........."

And a possible job offer from North Korea.

[Mears]

I love that pic.

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[Darksheare]

That is an outrage!
We must demand our squirrel thread quota!
*brandishes squirrel based Sheng Biao. Terrible kung fun movie music plays*

Okay.
Over the top...

[Clay Moore]

I have been to one of our rat hole apartment complexes twice after they take all of the contents of the apartment out into the parking lot and torch it to get rid of bedbugs.

[Salamander]

A true profit of doom.

[Cyber Liberty]

[Slings and Arrows]

Theme music!

[dfwgator]

Hank: Well, I follow the moth in the helicopter to lure it away from the flowers, and then Roy comes along in the Lockheed Starfighter and attacks it with air-to-air missiles.

Roy: A lot of people have asked us why we don't use fly spray. Well, where's the sport in that?