Firebug

Today's home-improvement tip: If you want to get rid of ants and other insect pests, fire is probably not the way to go.

Just ask the guy in New Haven, CT, who set "a small fire" outside the corner of his apartment building to get rid of bugs. He thought the fire was extinguished (along with, presumably, the bugs) until the fire climbed up a wall and ignited his apartment.

Full story here.