A man in Connecticut was trying to melt the ice around his house with a garden torch, but ended up setting his house on fire instead.
Previous reports said he used a flamethrower, which was incorrect. A man in Connecticut figured it was a good idea to try to melt the ice around his house with a garden torch.how the Seymour Fire Department was alerted to a local residence at around 5:40 p.m. this past Friday. Small flames were burning in the one of the outside walls, which were promptly extinguished.
The whole operation took roughly an hour and a half, and no serious damage was, fortunately, caused as a result of the flames.that—while the fire department did state how garden torches “can be used to mitigate ice”—experts who heard of the incident stressed the importance of using such devices “appropriately.?
“In the winter months when people encounter unusual situations like frozen pipes or gutters, their natural instinct is to say, ‘well, I’ve got to heat it up some way,’ and quite naturally it turns to blow torches or various open-flame devices,” says former chief of the New Haven Fire Department, Martin O’Connor. “It is almost universally a bad idea.”
In other words, maybe just let the ice around your house melt naturally, or just stick to salt and shovels. Note to readers: if you purchase something through one of our affiliate links we may earn a commission.
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