Mall Evacuated After Worker Sets Fire Trying To Kill Spider

[matcom]

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JOHNSON CITY, N.Y. -- Here's how not to kill a spider.

A worker at a sporting goods store near Binghamton, New York, tried to kill a spider by burning it. He wound up starting a fire that caused the evacuation of a mall Wednesday.

Police say an assistant manager at a Champs Sports store doused a spider with a flammable substance and lit it. The flames quickly spread to merchandise in the storage area.

No one was hurt, but several stores had smoke and water damage. Smoke from the fire filled the mall, forcing it to close for the day.

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[GOPisEvil]

1. Nice going, genius!

Next time, stomp on the spider, or *gasp* show some compassion and toss it outside so it can resume eating bugs.

[frylock]

2. killing spiders leads to bad karma..

let this be an example to all you spider haters!