Posted on 07/17/2014 6:56:35 PM PDT by DogByte6RER
Man sets house afire trying to kill spider with lighter, spray paint
SEATTLE -- Fire officials say a West Seattle man was using a lighter and a can of spray paint to kill a spider in his laundry room when the house went up in flames.
Fire crews were called to a home in the 10200 block of 34th Avenue SW just before 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
Firefighters originally battled the blaze from a distance after learning there may be ammunition inside. Crews were eventually able to extinguish the fire, but not before it did significant damage to the structure.
A man who lived at the home told fire officials he was trying to kill a spider in his laundry room using a can of spray paint and a lighter when the wall caught fire, according to Kyle Moore with the Seattle Fire Department. The man wasn't able to put the fire out himself, and he left the home when it began to spread.
"I don't want to encourage people to do this, but that's what he did," Moore said. "The spider tried to get into the wall. He sprayed flames on the wall, lit the wall on fire, and that extended up to the ceiling."
The man initially tried to put water on the fire, but he wasn't able to put it out and the blaze spread quickly spread into the attic.
"There are safer, more effective ways to kill a spider than using fire," Moore said. "Fire is not the method to use to kill a spider."
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LOL. My mother once sprayed a wolf spider with Lysol and the arachnid wasn’t even phased. It was outside so we didn’t have to set it on fire. It just stood there staring at my mother until she blasted it away with the garden hose.
Why are people so afraid of spiders? They won’t bother you unless you antagonize them.
I actually scared one and it dropped dead. It ran away and died. I’m not kidding.
“The building, which is a rental home” And ultimately they don’t care because it ain’t theirs. If alcohol wasn’t involved in this then this idiot ought to be given a vasectomy immediately so he cannot endanger the gene pool any further
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