Home blast injures 1; gas used on bed bugs

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.omaha.com/news/metro/home-blast-injures-gas-used-on-bed-bugs/article_53c92a7e-e771-11e4-95ce-eb4c290e3117.html

POSTED: MONDAY, APRIL 20, 2015 10:24 AM
By Jay Withrow / World-Herald staff writer

A person was seriously injured late Sunday when gasoline that was being used against bed bugs ignited and exploded inside an Omaha home.

Omaha firefighters said two other occupants of the home escaped injury after the blast at 3928 M St. about 9 p.m.

After putting out the fire in the basement, crews learned that the injured person was attempting to kill bed bugs using gasoline.

FULL short story at link.

This is in a low income area. I know a professional is expensive. There are several inexpensive ways that are non-toxic that can be used.

[mike_c]

1. the most reliable, nontoxic control measure is heat....

No pun intended. 115F for 10 minutes kills all life stages (but you have to get the temp up everywhere, including inside the crevices and such where eggs are laid).

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. Looks as of they managed that.....n/t

[Hekate]

3. Kerosene used to be the petrochemical of choice in Ye Olden Days

It's flammable, but as it also used to be used in lamps, not explosive that I know of.

Those poor people.

[Politicalboi]

4. I guess they didn't see the "success" of the guy who used

Alcohol to rid his rental car of bed bugs and then smoked a cigarette in that same car. Same result. BOOM!

[Kalidurga]

5. It's an epidemic

http://www.news965.com/news/news/local/man-blows-car-trying-kill-bedbugs/nkwMx/

I wonder how many other people have done this and never said why they did it.