But Danny Fendley, of Johns Creek, started more than just his mower on Tuesday afternoon when he tugged at the pull cord. The mower "exploded," starting a fire that soon consumed Fendley's home.
"It's a goner," said Fulton County Fire Lt. Gregory Chambers, at the scene of the blaze. "There's not even one brick standing."
As Fendley struggled with the blaze, he said his wife tried to toss a can of gasoline out a window. She missed.
"Gas spilled everywhere," he said.
Within 60 seconds, the conflagration had engulfed the house. At one point Fendley discovered his clothes were on fire, but his wife put out the flames with an extinguisher.
Before they fled, the couple successfully rescued their cats. No one was seriously hurt.
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