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Man torches rental car to kill bedbugs

By Cox Media Group National Content Desk
April 16, 2015

A Long Island man made the wrong decision in trying to get rid of bedbugs in his rental car. 

According to the New York Daily News, Scott Kemery poured rubbing alcohol over the bugs and as he waited, lit a cigarette.  You can guess what happened next, the mixture of alcohol and cigarette set the car on fire.

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Take a look at what happened next:

WCBS reported Kemery was taken to a local hospital with first- and second-degree burns.

Two other cars caught fire from the blaze.

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