Posted on 12/23/2008 8:32:50 AM PST by NRA1995
A home-owner using a blowtorch to melt ice on his back porch accidentally set fire to his North End triple-decker Monday, officials said.
The blaze at 107 Davis St. caused $20,000-$30,000 worth of damage and displaced several residents, Fire Capt. Scott Kruger said
Capt. Kruger said the building's owner was trying to melt the snow and ice on the back porch using a large torch hooked up to a 20-pound propane cylinder.
He got too close to the building's wood frame and ignited the vinyl siding. The fire quickly spread into the building's uninsulated exterior wall and chased into the second and third-floor apartments, Capt. Kruger said.
The fire damaged the rear bedrooms in the second- and third-floor apartments, and caused extensive damage to the structure and electrical wiring.
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STUPID IS AS STUPID DOES...PING!!!
Blowtorch: $100
Setting your house on fire while using said blowtorch in an incorrect manner: PRICELESS
I’m sure his insurance company will enjoy hearing from him.
Prediction: Shortly before this Clevis was heard to say “Hold muh beer”
Cutting torch, or “weed burner”?
DARWIN AWARD FINALIST!
Torch + Wood = Not Good
If he didn’t have any insurance, he should get part of the bailout.
Doesn’t one have to die to be eligible for a darwin award?
its perfectly fine if you use it right. heck, i’ve been known to use my map torch to thaw the doors on my truck.
You have to be killed or prevented from breeding in some other way (ouch) to get a Darwin Award. It's not just a stupidity prize, you have to clean up the gene pool doing it.
This week here in Missouri, the owner of a new home on the Lake lost his new home to fire. He had bought a small doghouse for his outside cat and put rugs and towels and a 100 watt light bulb on a drop cord inside. The drop cord was short so he moved the “cat house” up to his patio door. Less than 12 hours later, the bulb had caught his pet’s structure ablaze, which in turn, ignited the siding on the new home.
Don’t jump to the wrong conclusions here. It seems “Triple-Deckers” are wood-framed turn-of-the-century apartments built for poor immigrants in the NORTHEAST. In this case MA.
Look it up, you’ll learn something new every day.
So, how do you say “Hold muh beer” in massachussetts-ese?
Darwin Award - Dishonorable Mention.
The question begs to be asked... Did he solve his ice problem?
"Hold ma be-ah"
Cactus burner! I never thought to use one to thaw ice.
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