Mexican Blows Up Apartment Spraying for Bugs
by James Buchanan
Isias Vidal Maceda blew up his apartment on Monday while spraying for bugs. He survived, proving that Mexicans are harder to get rid of than cockroaches. Not only do we have to put up with Mexicans crowding up the freeways, ruining public schools and driving up taxes, they might just blow up your apartment building or cause a fire that spreads to your house. Admittedly, this is a somewhat rare occurrence, but amateur wiring jobs that could easily burn down a house or apartment are much more common among Mexicans. The bug bomb explosion problem is more an example of bad judgment, which can manifest itself with other dangerous chemicals.
A recent news article reports “A New Jersey man trying to exterminate insects in his apartment blew it up instead, the New York Daily News reported on Monday. Isias Vidal Maceda was unhurt in the incident, but 80 percent of his apartment was destroyed, Eatontown, New Jersey police told the newspaper. The accident occurred as Maceda was spraying for pests in his kitchen. Somehow the bug spray ignited a blast that blew out the apartment’s front windows and triggered a fire that quickly spread, the newspaper said.”
Some people may be saying to themselves, this has got to be a one time freak event. Well, guess again. Another article reports “In December 2003, an overly determined householder in San Diego, California, took on the bugs and lost her home in the process… Nineteen of these foggers were set off in Aurelia Oliveras’ 470-square-foot home in San Diego. Everything might have turned out well in spite of the excess had the pilot light in a water heater not ignited the fumes concentrated in this small space. The resulting explosion blew apart the structure and hurled Christmas decorations into the street, strewed shards of glass (from broken windows) and nails (from torn walls) like shrapnel, blew the back door off its hinges, ripped gaping holes in the ceiling, spread insulation over the yard like confetti, and crashed the south wall of the house into the side of the home next door — all in all resulting in damages estimated at more than $150,000.”
There may be some literacy problems involved here in which the Mexicans may not be able to read the warning labels or instructions. Of course, you have to ask yourself: What kind of irresponsible people DON’T read the instructions on a can of insect poison? Couldn’t they at least get someone in the store to give them a brief verbal summary? Wouldn’t the person want to know how much poison is dangerous to people (or how explosive it is)?
Sometimes it’s hard to predict all the problems that Third World people can cause in the US. Apparently blowing up a house or apartment with bug spray needs to be added to the list.