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January 14, 2004
Darwin Awards - Again?
As some of you will by now have guessed I have something to do with the emergency services. In fact, I have a lot to do with fire investigation, so I just love it when someone makes my job a whole lot easier. With the sort of idiocy demonstrated by the guy proposed for the Darwin Awards for this year, I like them even more, because they don't often reoffend. And if they do, they're generally easy to spot.
You may want to visit the Darwin Awards site yourself, just click here. The entry I particularly liked is reproduced for your pleasure in the extended post below.
Police have determined that John Naposki, 54, of Yorktown, NY accidentally set himself on fire while trying to burn down his house. He was found dead inside the home when firemen responded.
Naposki, who was going through a divorce, had threatened to burn down the down, which his wife wanted to sell, but he wanted to keep. Mr. Naposki had cancelled the home's fire insurance the week before the fire.Police said Naposki had doused the home with gasoline and was about to turn off the fire alarm before igniting the blaze. Rather than turn on a light, and risk being seen by neighbors, he flicked on his lighter to see the alarm panel. You can guess what happened when he did that...
Police found an empty 5 gallon gas can inside the house, and his car keys and lighter were on the floor near the alarm panel. After igniting himself, Naposki ran to a first floor bathroom to try extinguishing the flames, but was unable to because the water had been shut off to the vacant house.
The moral of the story is: Turn off the alarm first, and don't turn off the water.
Posted by The Gray Monk at January 14, 2004 03:09 PM
Comments
man that just amazes me. I find it so hard to belive that someone could be so stupid.
Posted by: Matthew at January 15, 2004 11:07 AM
Believe it, we all ought to be thankful, the majority of would be arsonists are exactly this thick!
Posted by: The Gray Monk at January 16, 2004 01:13 PM
Ah, once more the integrety of the gene pool is saved
Posted by: Mr Free Market at January 16, 2004 04:18 PM