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A man blew his backyard up trying to kill a cockroach infestation. He filled the backyard with gasoline then lit some matches and threw them on the ground. He did not die, so this would only count as an At Risk Survivor. It happened this morning and there is a video of him doing it in several brazilian news websites.

Submitted on 10/22/2019

Submitted by: Ramon Nogueira
Reference: https://noticias.uol.com.br/cotidiano/ultimas-noticias/2019/10/22/homem-usa-gasolina-para-matar-bara


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Candi said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
Your link doesn't work, but thanks to your writeup, I was able to find another. I'm voting to let this through partially because of the sheer cartoony value -especially the going back to put on *multiple* matches and the nonchalance of the dogs after the kaboom! There's video! https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7599379/Gardener-tries-kill-cockroaches-setting-fire-nest-blows-lawn-instead.html


Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
I first saw video of this a couple days ago and was wondering when it would show up here. Thanks, Ramon!