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Off-Topic => Off-Topic: Talk about anything you want. => Topic started by: okarol on December 24, 2008, 10:27:27 AM
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Mass. man melting snow with blowtorch ignites home
Tue Dec 23, 9:00 am ET
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. – Fire officials in New Bedford, Mass., say a man using a blowtorch to melt ice on his back porch ended up setting his house on fire, causing up to $30,000 in damage.
Fire Capt. Scott Kruger tells The Standard-Times of New Bedford that no one was injured during Monday's incident at the three-story home.
Kruger says the man was using a 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 second- and third-floor apartments.
It took 25 firefighters to subdue the blaze that damaged bedrooms in the upstairs units, and caused damage to the structure and wiring.
The homeowner will not be charged.
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Information from: The Standard-Times, http://www.southcoasttoday.com
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WHAT A MORON!!! ??? ::)
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They may not charge this idiot with arson, but I bet his homeowners insurance company will refuse to pay.
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I smell a Redneck Joke coming on or a Darwin Runner Up award.
What a moron!
But I bet he did get that ice melted until all the water from the fire hose freezes :rofl;
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theres one of these in every neighbourhood :urcrazy; :urcrazy;
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Reminds me of the story about the guy who used a blowtorch to defrost his freezer.
Can you say Bar-be-que?
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