A woman has burned down a house after her attempt at exterminating bed bugs went badly wrong.
Rubbing alcohol, an undrinkable alchohol product, is said to repel bed begs and dissolve their eggs.
It is also highly flammable, as a Cincinnati woman discovered after dousing bed bug infestations with the liquid near an open flame.
It is the second major fire in Cincinnati in the last two weeks caused by someone trying to kill bed bugs.
The woman is not named in any of the reports of the blaze, which happened at a multi-family home in Hutchins Avenue, Avondale late Friday Dec. 9.
One resident, Kamaron Lyshe, posted a video of the fire on Facebook, writing: “My House caught fire n got burned down – all my stuff is gone maaaaaan.”
Seven adults and three teenagers were displaced from the five-unit multi-family home, and the American Red Cross is helping them with temporary lodging, clothing and meals, according to WXIX.
District 3 Fire Chief Randy Freel emphasized the fire department’s previous advice not to try to tackle infestations. “Get a professional,” Freel said, according to WXIX.
According to officials, the teenager had been trying to kill the bedbug with alcohol and a match.
“This was accidental. He wasn’t in there just playing with matches. It wasn’t the smartest thing, obviously, but he was trying to get rid of a bed bug,” District 3 Chief Marc Monahan told WAFB 9 at the time.
in November 2015, a woman from Detroit accidentally started a massive fire when she tried to get rid of bedbugs in her home.
