Mass. man melting ice with blowtorch ignites home
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NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) -- New Bedford fire officials say a homeowner using a blowtorch to melt ice on his back porch set the home on fire causing up to $30,000 in damage. Fire Capt. Scott Kruger tells The Standard-Times of New Bedford that no on 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 uninsulated exterior wall and then into the second and third-floor apartments. It took 25 firefighters to subdue the blaze that damaged bedrooms in the second- and third-floor units, and caused damage to the structure and wiring. The homeowner will not be charged. 
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As bone-headed as this sounds...at least no one was hurt. Unfortunate during the holiday season.
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Sounds like a new Bud Light "Real Men of Genius" candidate
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There's a reason this very act is illegal. This guy found out why.
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And the moral of the story is: A bag of rock salt costs significantly less than $30,000.
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Just goes to show that you shouldn't drink while shoveling snow.
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The owner will not be charged? May I ask why not? As someone else said, thank God alone nobody was hurt. This idiot could have killed someone, a beloved pet, any number of horrible outcomes. Wreckless endangerment? NOTHING??
He should also be charged for all $30,000 in damages. PLEASE don't tell me people who set their own homes on fire out of stupidity have better coverage than victims of natural disasters.
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