Man (Drunk) Challenges Roommate - Lights Rug On Fire In Game - Dead

[matcom]

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An intoxicated Davis Park man died after he lit a rug on fire and challenged his roommate to see who could stay in the house on Fire Island longer Saturday night, Suffolk County police said.

Police said Thomas Woods, 59, ignited the rug in his house at 9 Driftwood Walk sometime before 8 p.m. As the fire spread, Woods fired one or two rounds from a pre-World War I Mauser pistol, said Det. Sgt. Ed Fandrey of the Suffolk County homicide squad. Police do not know why he fired the gun.

When the fire began spreading dangerously, Woods' roommate, Rod Bennett, ran to a neighbor's house to call 911 a few minutes after 8 p.m.

Volunteers from the Davis Park Fire Department responded, along with neighbors who tried to extinguish the blaze with garden hoses and anything else they could find. But it was too late.

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/ny-lifire0419,0,6961941.story?coll=ny-topstories-headlines

[THUNDER HANDS]

1. well

You always knew there were a bunch of flamers on Fire Island.

:D

[DS1]

2. They're lyin'

It was a line-dancing competition that got out of hand, and all that rug-cuttin' generated enough heat to bring the place down. That, and they were listening to Great White.

[GOPisEvil]

3. Well...what does Woods get for winning?

:P

[xchrom]

4. rug burns

i've had a few of those in my day -- never that bad.

[Spirochete]

5. Another Darwin award winner

the average IQ of Suffolk county just went up a couple points.