Crime & Safety

Homeowner Using Gas to Start Fire in Fireplace Learns Lesson

The fire quickly got out of hand after vapors from the gasoline ignited.

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PLYMOUTH TOWNSHIP, MI – Plymouth Township homeowner James Roger Shaw escaped injury Friday after using gasoline to start a fire in a fireplace in a home at Plymouth Crossing and Schoolcraft Road, authorities said.

Township Fire Chief Daniel Phillips told The Plymouth Observer the vapors ignited.

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“Using gasoline to start fires is one of the worst things to do,” he said.

Shaw said the fire quickly got out of hand

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“At least nobody got hurt,” he said.

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