Man Uses Fireworks To Remove Bee Nest From Garage, Promptly Burns Down Garage

Fortunately, no one was injured.
A Grand Blanc, Michigan, man accidentally burned his garage down this week after attempting to destroy a bee nest with fireworks.
A Grand Blanc, Michigan, man accidentally burned his garage down this week after attempting to destroy a bee nest with fireworks.
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A Grand Blanc, Michigan, man decided to use fireworks to try to destroy a bee nest in his garage on Monday. But he ended up burning the structure to the ground.

“The resident used a smoke bomb trying to remove bees from a hive in his garage,” Grand Blanc Fire Chief Bob Burdette told CNET this week.

Fortunately, no one was injured in the fire, MLive.com reported. Mike Tingley, the homeowner, told the news outlet it was “depressing” to lose the building, but “everyone is safe and that’s the main thing.”

Fireworks are a known safety hazard to both health and property.

In anticipation of the impending July Fourth celebrations, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission posted a video on YouTube last week that used mannequins to show the kind of damage fireworks can inflict when mishandled.

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