Fire officials in New Bedford, Massachusetts, say a man using a blowtorch to melt ice on his back porch ended up setting his house on fire, causing up to US$30,000 (NT$984,970) in damage.
Fire Captain Scott Kruger told the Standard-Times newspaper of New Bedford that nobody was injured during last Monday’s incident at the three-story home.
Kruger said the man was using a torch hooked up to a 9kg propane cylinder. He got too close to the building’s wood frame and ignited the vinyl siding. The fire quickly spread into the building’s second- and third-floor apartments.
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It took 25 firefighters to subdue the blaze that damaged bedrooms in the upstairs units, and caused damage to the structure and wiring.
The homeowner will not be charged.
(AP)
美國麻薩諸塞州新貝福市消防隊表示，一名男子利用焊槍融化自家後陽台的積雪，結果卻引發一場損失高達三萬美元（新台幣九十八萬四千九百七十元）的火警。
消防隊隊長史考特．庫拉格向新貝福的《標準報》表示，上週一這起發生在三層樓住家的火警所幸無人受傷。
庫拉格說，這名男子使用一支連接著九公斤重的丙烷鋼瓶的焊槍時，太接近建築的木樑，結果引燃乙烯基牆面。大火迅速延燒至二樓和三樓。
消防隊最後出動了二十五名消防隊員才撲滅火勢，樓上的臥室及整棟建築的結構和線路都被燒毀。
該屋主將不會遭到起訴。（美聯社�翻譯：袁星塵）
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