House wrecked as man kills weeds with flame thrower A German gardener's house was left a smouldering wreck on Friday after he set it on fire while trying to get rid of the weeds with the help of a flame-thrower, police said. After accidentally setting his hedge alight, the 54-year-old's garden shed was soon also engulfed in flames and despite efforts to extinguish the fire with a garden hose, the blaze spread to the roof of the house. Seven firemen were needed to put out the blaze in Tangstedt near Hamburg in northern Germany, which occurred on Thursday. Police said the house was now uninhabitable. Flame-throwers are used widely in agriculture and also in gardening, but generally only for removing weeds from between cracks in paving in driveways and patios
flame-throwers are actually widely used..huh, that's surprising. At least he got those dam weeds..>.< (for now anyways, since we all know, weeds always come back)
I know, isn't that a little bit dangerous. I hope they need to have a license for that kinda stuff or I would be scared if I ever went to germany.
Flames to kill flora isn't at all unusual. They've had a real problem with this in Indonesia as entire sections of valuable rain forest are routinely set ablaze by farmers to make room for more arable land. But using flames to kill your backyard weeds however, does step into the arena of poor judgment. I hope the idiot had good insurance.
