Why You Should Never Clean Cobwebs with a Blowtorch

Posted by Alex in Home & Garden on November 6, 2008 at 3:37 pm


Here’s reasons no. 1, 2 and 3 for never ever cleaning cobwebs off your house with a blowtorch:

Authorities said Galen Winchell set fire to his home on Smith Road in Sargent around 11:30 a.m. Wednesday as he cleaned cobwebs from exterior eaves with a blowtorch. Winchell noticed the blaze when he saw smoke pouring from the attic.

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12 comments to "Why You Should Never Clean Cobwebs with a Blowtorch"

  1. Ali S.
    November 6th, 2008 at 5:17 pm

    He must seen the movie Arachnophobia and decided fire would the best way to get rid of the spiders.

  2. sise
    November 6th, 2008 at 5:20 pm

    ARACHNOPHOBIA... hella good!

  3. CheeseDuck
    November 6th, 2008 at 5:31 pm

    What.

  4. Sid Morrison
    November 6th, 2008 at 6:12 pm

    How many cobwebs could he possibly have on the outside of the house? What a retard.

  5. renderanything
    November 6th, 2008 at 7:40 pm

    The one thing I'd really like to know is why no one ever informed me about WGCL's weatherperson Dagmar Midcap and her exciting diet. This story will require more investigation.

  6. Miller
    November 6th, 2008 at 10:32 pm

    I'm not sure what his biggest mistake was.

    1. Burning cobwebs with a blow torch.

    Or

    2. Not lying about it...

    I'm sure stupidity is not covered in his insurance policy!

  7. Gauldar
    November 7th, 2008 at 9:26 am

    When will people learn fire doesn't solve all of your problems!

  8. Pudifoot
    November 7th, 2008 at 11:10 am

    gauldar: I don't it... I am pretty sure he solved his cobweb problem.

  9. Pudifoot
    November 7th, 2008 at 11:11 am

    gauldar: sorry. can't type today.

    It was suppose to say:
    I don't know... I am pretty sure he solved his cobweb problem.

  10. Madalyn
    November 7th, 2008 at 8:49 pm

    Wow. He must be pretty darn stupid to try to use a BLOW TORCH on the cobwebs that are on your HOUSE.

  11. steve brown
    November 8th, 2008 at 6:02 am

    This can't be true. Not even Americans are this dumb surely?

  12. ted
    November 8th, 2008 at 9:48 am

    Well, here's the reasoning. The eaves themselves are likely metal, and there would have been very little exposed wood. It's probably not the first time he's done it, so he thinks he knows what he's doing. He accidentally gets too close to something flammable, and the rest is history.

    I'm sure he won't be trying that again.


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