Frenchman tried to kill fly with electric swatter, blows up his house

[edbermac]

A man in Dordogne, France, accidentally blew up his own house while trying to remove a fly, local reports say.

Armed with an electric swatter, the man — who is in his 80s — chased the insect around his home, according to the local Sud Ouest newspaper.

What he didn't know at the time, though, was that there was a gas leak in his home. The reaction between the gas and the swatter caused an explosion that collapsed past of his ceiling, according to the report.

The man suffered a minor burn to his hand and his home is uninhabitable, Sud Ouest reported.

The fate of the housefly is unknown at this time.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/french-man-chased-fly-around-151608210.html

[texasfiddler]

1. I don't know why he swatted the fly? Perhaps he'll ?

[calguy]

2. Well at least the fly is dead

[RockRaven]

3. It might be a GOOD thing he blew up his house trying to kill that fly...

Hear me out: there was a gas leak, which he didn't know was happening. If he hadn't triggered the explosion when he did, maybe when it did explode eventually the explosion would have been bigger and killed him or destroyed other buildings too. Or maybe he would have asphyxiated on the unexploded gas.

[PoliticAverse]

5. Indeed. You could frame this as "Encounter with fly saves man's life". n/t

[sarge43]

4. When you think you're having a bad day, remember this story.

At the end of the day you can say "At least I didn't blow up my house."

[Withywindle]

6. But was the housefly a boy or a girl? n/t