Darwin Award wannabe
This one is from Chicago -- from
Newsday.com:
Cops: Man had 10 beers, blew up house
A 38-year-old suburban man allegedly admitted to police he drank 10 beers before lighting a commercial firework inside his home, blowing up the house and seriously burning himself and a female companion.
"When you see these in public settings, they're 30, 40, 50 feet across at the top," Pat Barry, spokesman for the Will County sheriff's department, said of the firework the man allegedly set off. "Imagine this going off in a room that's about 8 by 8," Barry said.
The incident happened about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday in a ranch house the man was renting on the 0-100 block of West Main Street in unincorporated Will County near Plainfield, fire investigators said. A 33-year-old Chicago woman was visiting him.
The firework was in a 10-inch mortar shell when the man allegedly ignited it.
And the logic behind this wonderful idea:
Authorities told WGN-Ch. 9 the couple had been drinking and were sitting in the front living room of the house when the man allegedly brought out the mortar shell.
"Apparently, he thought he would light it, was kind of goofing around, and figured he could put it out," Barry said.
The man was wrong.
The device exploded seconds after being lit, blowing out a wall and every window in the home and setting it on fire. Neighbors heard the blast, called 911 and rushed to the scene.
Emphasis mine -- Christ on a Corn Dog -- what was running through this bozo's mind when he thought he could put it out?
A rental unit too. Landlord is gonna love this guy...
Posted by DaveH at May 9, 2005 10:39 PM