DETROIT -- A man trying to kill bedbugs set himself and his apartment on fire. <\/p>\n
The Detroit Free Press reports that four units in the Midtown building were destroyed by flames last weekend and about two dozen others suffered water damage. <\/p>\n
A city official tells the newspaper that the man sprayed himself and his sofa with rubbing alcohol about 4:30 a.m. Sunday and lit a cigarette. <\/p>\n
Mayor's office spokesman Dan Austin says the sofa and the man's body caught fire when he tried to burn one of the bedbugs. <\/p>\n
The newspaper reports that the man escaped the blaze, but suffered severe burns. <\/p>\n
No other injuries were reported. <\/p>\n
CBS Detroit reports that this is the second recent incident where a major fire was started in Detroit by someone trying to kill bed bugs. In November, a woman sparked a fire at the Ramblewood Apartments on the west side while trying to eradicate the bugs from her apartment. The fire completely destroyed the 48-unit complex. <\/p>\n
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