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Man sets parents’ Fresno home on fire trying to kill black widows with blowtorch
Fresno Bee ^ | 24 Oct 2018 | HANNAH FRY

Posted on 10/25/2018 3:37:10 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT

A Fresno man may have been taking the “kill it with fire” memes a bit too seriously when he set his parents’ home ablaze while trying to exterminate black widow spiders with a blowtorch, authorities said.

... Tuesday after he saw smoke coming from the attic of his parents’ home on East Mariners Circle in Woodward Lakes, a gated community in northeast Fresno

,,,“This is definitely not the preferred method to exterminate spiders in and around your home,”

(Excerpt) Read more at fresnobee.com ...


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KEYWORDS: 1moretime; arachnophobia; notflorida
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To: DUMBGRUNT
“He didn’t want to use insecticide because it’s bad for the environment.” Is it even legal to use an insecticide in Cali?

And by chance, was it a protected spider? Since the EPA stopped cities from using CO2 to kill rats since it was not an approved insecticide , they could even say dish washing liquid cannot be used as an insecticide.

But I will say (as a renter in a populous city) that a propane torch is the best way to kill those "faster-than-light" drain flies (they have legs like grasshoppers for launching) when they are resting around the (clean) sink. Just slowly approach (using only your arms) with your afterburner on and them move in for the kill when about 4'' away.

21 posted on 10/25/2018 4:25:04 PM PDT by daniel1212 (Trust the risen Lord Jesus to save you as a damned and destitute sinner + be baptized + follow Him)
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To: DUMBGRUNT
“This is definitely not the preferred method to exterminate spiders in and around your home,”

speak for yourself, dude. I consider it entirely appropriate.

22 posted on 10/25/2018 4:25:38 PM PDT by ZinGirl (Now a grandma ....can't afford a tagline right now :))
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To: ZinGirl

Well, it worked.


23 posted on 10/25/2018 4:29:48 PM PDT by Col Frank Slade
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To: Col Frank Slade

I wonder if the guy who said that saw the same damn spiders at his house AND had access to a blowtorch....same ending?


24 posted on 10/25/2018 4:45:31 PM PDT by ZinGirl (Now a grandma ....can't afford a tagline right now :))
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To: bagster

Dam# good to know, Pronto fast reply!

Haven’t passed a Stent yet? No? Good!

Keep up the good work!


25 posted on 10/25/2018 4:50:05 PM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission
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To: eCSMaster

Shoulda used a coupla hand grenades.
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We don’t know what weapons the spiders were using.


26 posted on 10/25/2018 4:51:17 PM PDT by KittyKares (Drain the Swamp)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

https://youtu.be/dWqrez4P83I


27 posted on 10/27/2018 6:33:33 PM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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