Californian chap sets his folks' home on fire after attempting to take out spiders with blowtorch
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/10/26/californian_chap_sets_his_folks_home_on_fire_after_attempting_to_take_out_spiders_with_blowtorch/
Kill it with fire! A bloke from Fresno, California, almost burned his parents' house down when he opted for a blowtorch to address the property's black widow spider population.
The skittish house-sitter called the cavalry to the Woodward Lake housing development late on Tuesday.