LOCAL : Pesticide Foggers Spark Blast
A woman enraged by roaches sparked an explosion by fumigating with nine pesticide foggers.
“That’s probably about eight too many for her apartment,” Police Sgt. Steve LaRoche said. “Her apartment no longer has any windows in it.”
A large crack also divides the living room ceiling, but none of the other apartments in her Los Angeles building were affected when vapors mixed to cause the insecticide eruption Thursday afternoon.
The resident--who was not identified by police--was unhurt during the blast at her two-bedroom, ground-floor apartment, LaRoche said.
It appears the bug foggers did the trick.
“I think she scared them all away,” LaRoche said. “They will not be back for a while.”
Neighbors stayed away, too, until firefighters flushed out fumes with fans.
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