Man accidentally lights dog on fire, dog lights Bay Area apartment building on fire
Giancarlo was just trying to help But he set the dog on fire the dog set the couch on fire the couch set the curtains on fire and before long residents of a five-story -unit apartment building in San Francisco were fleeing for their lives down a fire escape amid a blaze that sent two people to the hospital That s according to a fire department review filed as an exhibit in a wrongful-eviction lawsuit against the building s owners He tried to remove the ticks using a lighter which accidentally lit the puppy on fire the summary explained The lawsuit was filed May in San Francisco Superior Court by a couple who claim the building s owners delayed work to repair their apartment after the fire forcing them to live in a home-made trailer on streets around the Bay Area It seeks unspecified damages A second-floor tenant notified fire investigators she had adopted a puppy in Modesto and after she brought it home noticed it had a tick The woman whose name is redacted from the fire department s review revealed her friend Giancarlo decided to use a lighter to remove the blood-sucking parasite It was just before midnight on March last year Giancarlo who is not identified by a last name in the account communicated investigators he unveiled a great number of ticks on the dog s stomach and that he had experience using heat to get rid of ticks The dog which Giancarlo explained combusted as if something flammable had been applied to it ran over to the couch where the tenant tried to grab it the summary disclosed Her clothing and the sofa both caught fire and the sofa set the curtains ablaze the account reported The woman fled the apartment with her puppy in her arms pulling fire alarms on her way out of the building through heavy smoke the account disclosed citing video footage supplied by the manager at the Post Street building between upscale Nob Hill and the gritty Tenderloin neighborhood Related Articles San Jose Firefighters respond to blaze at three-story apartment Santa Cruz Fire Department rescue man trapped in motel Crews battling -acre brush fire near Brentwood Chemicals ignite million South Bay apartment complex fire Charter bus carrying children catches fire on Highway The dog whose age and breed were not disclosed in the account received burns to its ears chest and neck the tenant communicated investigators The animal survived after crisis surgery and amputation of both ears the overview noted The American Veterinary Medicinal Association warns that using heat to try to remove a tick from a pet can cause the parasite to inject saliva into the animal boosting the chance of transmitting a tick-borne malady Instead tweezers should be deployed to grip the tick as closely as accomplishable to the pet s skin Then gently and steadily pull the tick free without twisting or crushing it the association noted in an advisory Once the tick is free crush it while avoiding contact with tick fluids that can carry malady At the time of the fire the apartment building was occupied according to the review The two people taken to hospitals had minor injuries the statement disclosed The blaze spread up into the unit above the apartment where it started and caused a total of about in damage with another in lost property the summary stated Fire executives deemed the blaze accidental and no arrests were made the analysis noted
