A man who used a can of spray paint and a lighter as a
makeshift blowtorch to kill a spider in his laundry room started a blaze that
caused $60,000 worth of damage, Seattle fire officials said Wednesday.
The man and his mother got out of the house, and no injuries
were reported in the fire that broke out in the West Seattle home Tuesday
night, said Kyle Moore, a spokesman for the Seattle Fire Department.
Moore said the man used the spray paint and lighter as
"a self-made blowtorch to kill a spider in the laundry room" of a
rental house.
"I don't want to encourage people to do this, but
that's what he did," Moore said Wednesday. "The spider tried to get
into the wall. He sprayed flames on the wall, lit the wall on fire, and that
extended up to the ceiling."
Fire crews were called to the home in the home just south of
Seattle just before 8:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Firefighters initially fought the fire from outside after
someone reported hearing ammunition go off in the house. Crews eventually went
inside the house after confirming from tenants that there was no ammunition
inside.
The man initially tried to put water on the fire, but he
wasn't able to put it out and the blaze quickly spread into the attic.
On Wednesday, portions of the house were boarded up with plywood,
and a blue tarp covered part of the roof. The owners of the house declined to
comment.
"There are safer, more effective ways to kill a spider
than using fire," Moore said. "Fire is not the method to use to kill
a spider unless your an idoit.
The Red Cross is providing temporary shelter for the home's
two residents, whom authorities have not identified.
As for the spider, Moore said: "I'm pretty sure the
spider did not survive this fire. The whole wall went."
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