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spideyjg

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Posted 2 years ago
Tue May 17 2011 22:45:26
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110516/ap_on_re_us/us_bedbug_treatment_fire

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Posted 2 years ago
Tue May 17 2011 22:59:23
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> The exterminator, Richard Tyree, blames an equipment malfunction for the fire and tells The Cincinnati Enquirer he's never had a problem before. He says his company has insurance.

Guess he has a problem, now (but frankly, accidents happen to the most careful people, too).

There's an article in a local paper about RS Tyree's heat treatment services.
http://www.citybeat.com/cincinnati/article-22489-getting-bed-bugs-to-.html

RS Tyree's web site also mentions the service. There's no mention of affiliation with any of the big name thermal license/franchise outfits. Tyree is an Ohio licensed PCO.
http://www.bedbugcincy.com/

Ironically, none of the insects/arachnids illustrated on RS Tyree's site are bed bugs.

I hope that the family affected can get their lives back in order, soon.
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Posted 2 years ago
Wed May 18 2011 1:55:30
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I hope insurance will pay for everything -- so that the two families will have a brand new home MINUS the bed bugs!

My heart goes out to them though. It must be awful to have bed bugs and lose their house in a fire
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Posted 2 years ago
Wed May 18 2011 2:33:49
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I posted on the blog about this story a few minutes ago, with some additional links and videos.

You can read it here.
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Posted 2 years ago
Wed May 18 2011 9:21:46
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Accidents happen and they are unfortunate. It looks like the company was doing things right they just had a malfunction. Overall an example as to why do it yourself thermal house treatments are a bad idea, things can go wrong even for people with proper equipment and experience.
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Wed May 18 2011 22:34:59
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I'd think that there should be special precautions when placing a naked flame heater on or near a "soft" surface, like carpet or upholstery. Plus temperature monitors. And to not leave the site unattended. All actions that this operator, hopefully, did. Right?