Man Uses Fireworks To Remove Bee Nest From Garage, Promptly Burns Down Garage

A Grand Blanc, Michigan, man decided to use fireworks to try to destroy a bee nest in his garage on Monday. But he ended up burning the structure to the ground.

“The resident used a smoke bomb trying to remove bees from a hive in his garage ,” Grand Blanc Fire Chief Bob Burdette told CNET this week.

Fortunately, no one was injured in the fire , MLive.com reported. Mike Tingley, the homeowner, told the news outlet it was “depressing” to lose the building, but “everyone is safe and that’s the main thing.”

Fireworks are a known safety hazard to both health and property.

In anticipation of the impending July Fourth celebrations, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission posted a video on YouTube last week that used mannequins to show the kind of damage fireworks can inflict when mishandled.