World A man in Brazil accidentally blew up his yard while trying to kill some cockroaches

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• Cesar Schmitz, of the southern Brazilian city of Enéas Marques, accidentally blew up his lawn while trying to exterminate cockroaches.
• He told FocusOn News, translated by the New York Post, that his wife had complained about roaches invading their garden.
• In an attempt to kill the roaches on October 18, he poured gasoline into a hole that he believed led to the nest, and started tossing matches into it.
• After his third match, the lawn blew up. The explosion didn't kill the roaches though.
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A man in Brazil went to extreme lengths trying to kill some cockroaches in his backyard and ended up blowing up part of his lawn.

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Cesar Schmitz told FocusOn News, translated by the New York Post, that his wife had complained about roaches invading their garden in the southern city of Enéas Marques.

"She is scared of them and begged me to destroy their nest under the ground once and for all," he said.

In an attempt to kill the roaches, he poured gasoline into a hole that he believed led to the nest, and started tossing matches into it. It turns out that wasn't a great strategy.

Dude went to the Yosemite Sam school of how to deal with critters. pic.twitter.com/40ElxsFPem

— Klara Sjöberg (@klara_sjo) October 20, 2019

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A man blew up his house ‘ accidentally ’ while trying to eliminate cockroaches using an insect spray at his place in Mount Isa. Fed up with the crawling roaches in his house However, his aggressive actions did not prove to be as effective as he accidentally caused an explosion in his house.

Turns out a 50-year-old man was attempting to kill a cockroach by throwing his shoe at it, which is pretty normal. According to the man , as soon as the shoe hit the wall, the gun inside was discharged, hitting him in the foot. Detroit police stated they couldn’t confirm if the shooting was accidental or not

At first, nothing happened. But then, after the third match was thrown, Schmitz's lawn exploded. No one was injured - including the roaches.

Cockroaches, they say, will be here long after we're gone, and the roaches in Schmitz's yard are proof. In the clip of the explosion, one can be seen scurrying away.

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