CENTRALIA, Wash. — Fire officials in Centralia say a resident sparked a small fire in an apartment while trying to kill cockroaches with a homemade flamethrower.
Fire crews were called to the apartment on Monday morning after receiving a report of a commercial structure fire.
By the time firefighters arrived, the resident had extinguished the flames. No one was injured.
0930: 300 Blk of N. Tower. Small fire in an apartment caused by a resident using bug spray and a lighter to create a flame thrower.
— Centralia Fire/EMS (@RFA_PIO) August 8, 2016
A preliminary investigation found that the resident was using bug spray and a lighter to create a flamethrower for killing cockroaches. That sparked the fire.
It's not clear whether any cockroaches were actually killed in the process.
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