Bug Bomb Explosion Rocks Apartment Complex

CBS13.com ^ | Jun 22, 2009 | staff reporter

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CTIRUS [sic] HEIGHTS (CBS13)

Three Citrus Heights families are without a home after an explosion rocked their apartment complex apparently because one of the tenants was tired of cockroaches.

The Sacramento Metro Fire Department says nearly a million dollars in damage was caused when Tone Pene set off a number of bug bombs in his apartment. Pene says he used 8 to 10 foggers, but Sacramento Metro Fire says they found evidence of up to 18 bug bombs.

The foggers somehow found an ignition source, possibly the refrigerator, causing an explosion that left the building with serious structural damage. Sac Metro Fire says the force of the blast caused the wall to become disconnected from the roof and blew out the windows sending glass flying.

Fortunately, no one was hurt. Pene says he was surprised by the blast because he has used the bug bombs before.

"I don't know what happened. I do this every month and I don't know what happened today," Pene told CBS13.

Tony's family along with two others are being assisted by the American Red Cross.

Sacramento Metro Fire is reminding people to read the instructions when working with flammable products.

Despite, the explosion and bug bombs, live cockroaches can still be seen in the apartment.

[Dianna]

Another product I’ve used as a barrier/contact insecticide that I really like, and is labeled for use even in the kitchen, is Tempo Ultra SC. No license required, a little spendy, but very safe around children and animals. It is a synthetic pyrethroid

Pyrethroids are supposed to kill bed bugs too. Might be handy for y'all to know someday...