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A blaze that ripped through a problem-plagued Chinatown building in New York on Thursday — injuring a dozen people, two critically — was apparently sparked by roach bombs being “improperly used,” a police source said.

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...

NBCSandiego.com Bug-Bomb Explosion Rip House Apart 19 Defoggers Create Gas 'Bomb' POSTED: 11:43 AM PST December 17, 2003UPDATED: 12:16 PM PST December 17, 2003 SAN DIEGO -- A City Heights home was destroyed Wednesday morning by bug bombs. IMAGES: Bug Bombs Destroy House The owners of the house at 3715 Euclid Ave. reportedly set off 19 bug bombs in the home to exterminate insects, only to have the gas inside the containers fill the house until a pilot light ignited it, tearing the house apart.The three people who lived in the house were outside at the time of the explosion...

Bug bomb causes devastating explosion Failure to follow directions blamed for blastBy The Associated Press(7/23/02 - BROWNSVILLE, Texas) — An insect fogger _ and the failure to follow directions on the container _ has been blamed for an explosion that rocked the residence of a Brownsville couple. Mariano Gonzales, 67, and his wife, Sara, 65, barely made it through their kitchen door before an explosion Sunday night shattered windows in three rooms, demolished kitchen cabinets and moved the kitchen sink eight inches from the wall. "In the back part of the house where the kitchen is at, the roof...