A man suffered first and second degree burns after he tried to kill bed bugs in his rental car, New York Police said.
The NYPD said that the Long Island man set his rental car on fire while trying to kill bed bugs inside the vehicle on Tuesday.
According
to the police investigation, Kemery poured alcohol on the insects
before sitting down in the car and lighting a cigarette. The fumes set
the alcohol on fire. He ran out of the vehicle, but he still suffered
burns. Kemery told police that someone told him that if bed bugs are
saturated with alcohol they die. Police said that two cars were badly
damaged by the intense heat of the fire.