Man trying to light bong sparks garage fire

[Zorro]

RANCHO PENASQUITOS — A blaze that destroyed a garage at a house in Rancho Peñasquitos on Thursday evening was sparked by a young man who was trying to light a bong with a torch, authorities said.

The 23-year-old man and a firefighter suffered burns and were taken to UCSD Medical Center.

The fire began when the torch caught a sofa on fire at the home on Adobe Bluffs Drive about 6:35 p.m., according to police. The resident ran inside to get water but returned to find the garage fully engulfed in flames and the fire beginning to burn his Jeep.

He pushed the Jeep out of the garage, burning his hands...

http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/may/15/bn15garage125231/?northcounty&zIndex=100014

[KamaAina]

1. At last! The answer to the eternal question "Dude, Where's My Car?"

:evilgrin:

edit: header

[petronius]

2. That really sucks - how could anyone possibly be expected to realize that

using a torch like that would be a problem? :shrug:

Considering that he was (apparently) doing something illegal, I wonder if he'll be charged in some way for the firefighter's injuries...

[Mugu]

3. Several years ago my ladyfriend had a couch that she wanted to get rid of.

So I put it out by the burn pile and torched it. You would be amazed at the fire that it make. It started slow, but going pretty quick and once it got going it make a huge fire. I can see how the entire garage could be engulfed in just moments.

[NoPasaran]

4. Dude! "Torch one up" is just a figure of speech!

[Forkboy]

5. man, talk about harshing your mellow.

[MrScorpio]

6. He went from blazing trees to blazing his jeep

That's what I call progress