When Fire and Insects don't Mix

January 9, 2018

In the movie Live and Let Die, James Bond discovers what we assume is a poisonous snake in the bathroom. He dispatches it with the lit end of a cigar and an aerosol can, leaving the snake dead on the floor. Unfortunately, we all can't be James Bond. At the end of November, a teen in Cincinnati caused $300,000 in fire damage to six apartment units when he tried to eradicate bed bugs in his apartment. He doused the bugs with alcohol, then tried to set them on fire. His mattress caught fire, and the fire spread from there. Eight people were left homeless due to the damage. Two weeks later another Cincinnati resident tried to eradicate bed bugs by dousing the bugs with alcohol near an open flame that caused a fire, causing $250,000 in damage throughout a five-unit home.