Looks Like a Job For The MythBusters

PERTH, Australia, 04.07.2005
Overzealous Owner Blows Eatery Apart

An overzealous attempt to rid a Thai restaurant of cockroaches sparked an explosion that blew the eatery apart, emergency services said Thursday.

Three men were hospitalized with burns after they set off 36 cockroach fumigation devices - aerosol cans filled with chemicals - which apparently exploded after their contents came into contact with an oven pilot light.

Duncraig fire station officer Kieran Cooper said the blast wrecked the restaurant.

John McMillan, manager of Western Australia state's fire investigations unit, said the huge blast lifted the roof off the Tamarind restaurant in the state capital, Perth.

I saw this episode on the Discovery Channel. Apparently, this happens around the world about 100 times a year, give or take. Although, according to the Myth-meisters, you'd have to be using incredibly shoddy appliances and (like this guy) about 36 aerosol cans of fumigator. They actually had to modify the experiment to get the desired result because this is incredibly difficult to pull off -- unless, of course, you're a blinking idiot.

Still, it was cool to watch the house go "kaboom".

What? I like explosives. No one got hurt... Adam and Jamie like explosives! They get paid for it...

*And by the way, Teflon has a secret crush on Carrie. Yeah, don't tell. It's just between us.*