It was a freak weed trimming accident that led to a fire which destroyed a house.
The owner of the home, a man in his 50s, got off work after midnight and went home. At about 12:30 a.m. Monday, he decided to trim some weeds near his house in the neighbourhood near Canton Center and Sheldon.
In the process of trimming the weeds, the trimmer ran out of gas, and he stopped to refuel it.
Some gas got on the weed whacker and the gas can caught fire, for whatever reason he dropped the can on the porch and took the trimmer into the garage and hung it on the wall.
When he returned to the porch, he saw it was covered in flames.
The front porch eaves were burned off. The attic area above the eaves is gone. There was ceiling collapse inside and the trusses were eaten through by fire.
The house is being considered a total loss, as is the man's car and other contents of the garage.
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