Man trying to light bong sparks garage fire
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., ac
More..cording 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.
Neighbors called 911, and the resident got his father and sister out of the house safely, said John Thomson, a battalion chief with the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department.
A firefighter suffered second-degree burns on his face when crews opened a door connecting the home and garage and intense heat was drawn toward them.
The blaze took about 20 minutes to extinguish. Firefighters later found a large hookah pipe, bongs and other pipes in the garage.
There were some delays in the firefighter response times because a communications center computer had just crashed and the usual paging system did not work, Thomson said.
But he and other crews who heard the dispatcher's voice over their radios headed to the fire without waiting for a page. The result, Thomson said, was more firefighters at the house than usual.
Damage was estimated at $100,000.
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lesson here: just go buy a lighter
Posted May-16-2009 by "Pale_Ale" (R)
Not a good idea to take camp fire tactics into the home.
Posted May-16-2009 by "BenFranklin420" (R)
Leave it up to a pot head to find a way to kill himself with marijuana. Lord knows that science can't find a way. Maybe he was going for a Darwin award. :)
Posted May-16-2009 by "edfmaniac" (R)
he sure did found a way to make that happen didn't he
Posted May-16-2009 by "PimeTaradox" (R)
Dude where's my torch? You gotta have a fire drill back up plan! Probably didn't even have a garden hose
Posted May-16-2009 by "metalschool" (R)
hey torches work great for firing up a bowl. Just use some common sense people geeeze.... probably put it down lit and got knocked over or something stupid.
Posted May-16-2009 by "danomano84" (R)
i thought people who were absolutely stoned had perfectly good judgment and reflexes
dang, you guys were wrong, i guess
Posted May-16-2009 by "lasrever" Premium
RichyDong?
Posted May-16-2009 by "cat-scratch-fever" (R)
be nice
:p
Posted May-16-2009 by "lasrever" Premium
Great, here come the condescending comments. Afterall everyone who smokes pot must be a loser right? Its not like they can become president of the USA or win more Olympic gold medals than any other human.
Posted May-16-2009 by "HowlingWilderness" (R)
dang, you guys were wrong, i guess
who is this "you guys"
of course smoking marijuana impairs the senses.
dont just generalize the intelligence of all pot smokers.
Posted May-16-2009 by "Pale_Ale" (R)
dang, you guys were wrong, i guess
who is this "you guys"
of course smoking marijuana impairs the senses.
dont just generalize the intelligence of all pot smokers.
the "you guys" are all the other commenters here who think their judgment isn't being affected or that their judgment is even better while on it (i.e., driving, using a torch, etc.)
for playing pool hell yeah it's effective. i've done that plenty. i'm not looking down on pot smokers at all -- i was one for quite awhile, myself
Posted May-16-2009 by "lasrever" Premium
Been there. Done that.
Posted May-16-2009 by "Hypnojive2" (B)
dang, you guys were wrong, i guess
who is this "you guys"
of course smoking marijuana impairs the senses.
dont just generalize the intelligence of all pot smokers.
the "you guys" are all the other commenters here who think their judgment isn't being affected or that their judgment is even better while on it (i.e., driving, using a torch, etc.)
for playing pool hell yeah it's effective. i've done that plenty. i'm not looking down on pot smokers at all -- i was one for quite awhile, myself
there is a difference between being impaired and just being an idiot.
my judgement is just fine when i am stoned, it is my motor skills and reaction time that is impaired.
idiots will be idiots whether they smoke weed or not.
Posted May-17-2009 by "Pale_Ale" (R)
this is a repost dude
seriously dude
im not kidding
dude come on I mean it
when was it first posted?
Posted May-17-2009 by "Pale_Ale" (R)