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Officials: 13-Year-Old Boy Causes $300,000 Fire Trying to Kill a Bed Bug
ABC7 ^
Posted on 12/02/2017 3:33:48 PM PST by nickcarraway
Fire officials say a 13-year-old boy trying to kill a bed bug sparked an apartment building fire that displaced eight people and caused $300,000 in damage in Cincinnati.
Officials say the fire was reported around 11 p.m. Tuesday and began when the teen lit a match after dousing a bed bug with alcohol. Six apartment units were damaged in the fire.
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To: nickcarraway
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posted on
12/02/2017 3:34:59 PM PST
by
rrrod
(just an old guy with a gun in his pocke)
To: nickcarraway
I hope he at least got that little pest.
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posted on
12/02/2017 3:35:17 PM PST
by
bagster
(Mama tried to raise me better.)
To: nickcarraway
Well, did he kill the bedbug?
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posted on
12/02/2017 3:35:26 PM PST
by
jerseyman
To: jerseyman
Bedbugs come not in single spies, but in battalions.
To: nickcarraway
How much of that damage was caused by the Fire Department?
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posted on
12/02/2017 3:40:03 PM PST
by
fella
("As it wshas before Noah so shall it be again,")
To: jerseyman
Well, did he kill the bedbug? Sung to "The Cat Came Back"
But the bug came back the very next day,
The bug came back, we thought he was a goner
But the bug came back; it just couldn't stay away.
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posted on
12/02/2017 3:40:44 PM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(The Whig Party died when it fled the great fight of its century. Ditto for the Republicans now.)
To: nickcarraway
Well, what have you got to say for yourself young man, hmmmm?
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posted on
12/02/2017 3:41:23 PM PST
by
jmacusa
("Made it Ma, top of the world!'')
To: jmacusa
Alternate headline -—
Local teen kills $300,000 worth of bed bugs
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posted on
12/02/2017 3:44:50 PM PST
by
sparklite2
(I hereby designate the ongoing kerfuffle Diddle-Gate.)
To: nickcarraway
Maybe the title should be “13 year old firebug starts $300,000 fire”?
To: nickcarraway
Sleep tight, don’t let the ...Oh, never mind.
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posted on
12/02/2017 3:51:34 PM PST
by
Huskrrrr
To: nickcarraway
This is why I let Godzilla sleep on the floor in the bedroom.
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posted on
12/02/2017 3:53:57 PM PST
by
shibumi
(Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
To: Huskrrrr
... and don’t get them wet or feed them after dark.
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posted on
12/02/2017 3:54:55 PM PST
by
sparklite2
(I hereby designate the ongoing kerfuffle Diddle-Gate.)
To: nickcarraway
These big fires are usually caused by trying to kill a spider.
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posted on
12/02/2017 4:00:45 PM PST
by
Moonman62
(Make America Great Again!)
To: nickcarraway
The bed bugs and cockroaches fled the building.
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posted on
12/02/2017 4:01:42 PM PST
by
House Atreides
(BOYCOTT the NFL, its products and players 100% - PERMANENTLY)
To: nickcarraway
They forgot to add “WOMEN AND MINORITIES HARDEST HIT!””.
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posted on
12/02/2017 4:06:48 PM PST
by
jmacusa
("Made it Ma, top of the world!'')
To: sparklite2
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posted on
12/02/2017 4:08:17 PM PST
by
jmacusa
("Made it Ma, top of the world!'')
To: nickcarraway
Well this kids grounded for life.
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posted on
12/02/2017 4:09:51 PM PST
by
jmacusa
("Made it Ma, top of the world!'')
To: jmacusa
How COULD THEY forget that!
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posted on
12/02/2017 4:11:26 PM PST
by
House Atreides
(BOYCOTT the NFL, its products and players 100% - PERMANENTLY)
To: nickcarraway
Ah yes. Cincinnati.
Largest city in West Virginia.
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posted on
12/02/2017 4:14:55 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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