Family homeless after their house was burned down following attempt to kill bed bugs with fire

Firefighters say a family of six escaped flames at their home in west Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday.



Investigators say three adults and three kids were inside when the fire started at the home at around 1:00am. Officials say the family were apparently dealing with bed bugs in the home and they attempted to use a lighter on the couch to destroy them.

The owners’ son apparently started the blaze. “We sprayed the couch earlier with, uh, some alcohol you buy from the drug store which kills them on contact, and he was chasing one down with a lighter and the couch catch fire,” said Fred Horne, fire victim.



That caused the couch to go up in flames. They quickly tried to get the couch out of the house, but it got stuck in the doorway and set the entire home on fire.

With news video.