Husband blows himself up trying to kill a spider with an aerosol

Husband blows himself up trying to kill a spider with an aerosol
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
Last updated at 7:59 AM on 1st September 2010

Every women wants a man to show her his chivalric side - but when this damsel was distressed by a spider, and her husband had a burning desire to save the day, there were explosive results.

IT engineer Chris Welding, jumped into action after the arachnid frightened his wife Janine yesterday evening, and chased the spider into their bathroom in Clacton, Essex.

Wielding a flammable aerosol can, he sprayed the spider as it cowered behind the toilet pan - then lit a cigarette lighter to see if he had killed it.

However, the flame ignited the gas and caused a massive explosion which blew the man off his feet and lifted the loft door off its hinges, causing severe burns.



Explosive: IT worker Chris Welding suffered severe burns when he tried to kill a spider in his bathroom with a flammable aerosol can and a lighter

He suffered flash burns to his head, legs and torso and was rushed by ambulance to hospital after dousing himself in cold water.

Welding, who has two children aged four and two, said: 'It was about 10.30pm last night. My wife was getting ready for bed and suddenly she let out a scream.

'She said there was a spider in the bathroom and asked me to get rid of it - neither she or the kids would go in there.

'The spider had crawled into the recess behind the loo and there was no way I could get to it.

'Stupid as it is, I grabbed a can of deodorant and a lighter and sprayed it behind the loo. The flame shot out and went round the back of the toilet and came back out at me.

'It was a bit of a shock. I've got two burned fingers and a burned knuckle. I wasn't badly injured but they wanted to check I hadn't inhaled any of the fumes.

A spokesman for Essex Fire Service said: 'It appears the wife had spotted the creepy crawly in the bathroom and asked her husband to capture it.

'He sprayed it first with an aerosol where it was lurking behind the toilet bowl and when that didn't appear to work, he lit up his lighter to spread some light on the situation as the bathroom bulb had blown.

'There was an almighty explosion which blew the man back into his hallway and lifted the hatch on the loft.

'He did exactly the right thing by jumping into the shower and cooling his burns with cold water while his wife raised the alarm.

'Firefighters arriving at the scene administered emergency first aid while waiting for Ambulance teams to arrive and the man, who was 28 years old, was left in their care.

'There was some scorching to the back of the toilet but any fire was out before crews arrived at the scene.
'We're not entirely sure whether the spider got away or not but there was no sign of it at the scene.'

Revenge of the spider brrr...

How can someone be so stupid???? IT expert? Bloody idiot if you ask me!

It's called KARMA.

And no, he is no IT expert. Even the City and Guilds Level 1s know better, because the first thing they get on day 1 is basic Health and Safety training.

I"m glad that Sir Galahad was not badly burned and hope he will have learned a lesson.

Strange isn"t it how so many Women are terrified of Spiders, I went to visit a Friend of mine years ago and in the middle of the Lounge was a Pirex Bowl turned upside down on the carpeted floor. When I asked what it was there for, she said, don"t touch it, there"s a Spider trapped there and I"m waiting for Fred to come home to get rid of it. I"m more scared of Dogs than Spiders so placed some cardboard under the Bowl, lifted it up with the Bowl and took it outside to release the Spider.

My Friend couldn"t get over how brave I was.

He needs to take a few lessons from Roger Moore.