Seattle fire officials say a man trying to kill a spider caused a $60,000 fire using "a self-made blowtorch."Fire department spokesman Kyle Moore says the man used a can of spray paint and a ...

In an unusual incident in California, a man's extreme fear of spiders led him to set his house on fire while trying to kill the arachnid with a blowtorch. The local fire department received an ...

A man who apparently took the expression “kill it with fire” just a tad too literally caused his house to go up in flames after he attempted to kill a spider with a lighter and a can of spray ...

A Kansas woman found herself in a precarious situation Friday after she set her duplex on fire to kill a spider. Five firetrucks ... on fire throughout her house) was rewarded with an arrest ...

A 911 call has been released of a man who was trying to kill a spider in his Seattle house with a makeshift blowtorch. The man was very upfront with the 911 dispatcher about what started the fire.

(As you do. If you're a contender for a Darwin Award.) "There are safer, more effective ways to kill a spider than using fire," said Kyle Moore of the Seattle Fire Department. "Fire is not the ...

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.” ...

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.” ...

Debris from a fire remains in the yard next to the now boarded-up house where the night before a man used a can of spray paint and a lighter as a makeshift blowtorch to kill a spider, in Seattle.