Homeowners In the American state of Maryland, an unsuccessful attempt to get rid of snakes, which led to the burnt of real estate, reports CNN.
The invasion of the serpent was a long-standing problem of this house both with its current owners and in the past tenant. Housing owners decided to smoke animals. For these purposes, they decomposed coals in different parts of the house, which should be smoke, screking reptiles. However, they were too close to combustible materials, in connection with which the fire began in the basement began, which quickly spread throughout the floors.
Fortunately, household owners at that moment was not there. Passing the neighbor saw smoke and called the emergency service. The firefighters needed a few hours to take control of the fire, but he only went out the next morning. The incident was unhappy because there was no evidence or intentions to ignite the fire.
It is reported that the building was acquired by the new owners recently, its cost was 1.8 million dollars (about 133 million rubles). Family inflicted damage rated more than a million dollars (about 74 million rubles).
previously it became known that the Sverdlovsk Regional Court sentenced to 12 years in prison of the village of Volchansk 33-year-old Arkady Aksenov, who settled the house with his family, as a result of which his wife died. The convicted person was recognized as guilty of particularly cruel murder, perfect hacknowledged way, attempted two people and intentional destroying property.