Woman charged with arson after trying to kill a spider

Arachnophobes take note: a woman has been arrested on an arson charge after she tried to kill a spider with fire.

Ginny M. Griffith, a 34-year-old woman from Hutchinson, Kansas, was arrested on Friday after five local Fire Department units were called out to extinguish a small fire in her half of a duplex, Hutchinson News reports.

The woman told police that she had used a cigarette lighter to set some towels on fire to kill a spider.

Deputy Fire Chief Doug Hanen said in a statement that firefighters had found light smoke coming from Griffith’s half of the duplex with some clothing smouldering just inside the doorway.


http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/woman-charged-with-arson-after-trying-to-kill-a-spider-9571051.html


Bit of a misleading title, as she was arrested for aggravated arson.

HAHAHAHAHA that could've been me!
That sounds like something stupid I'd do