July 30 – Pontiac – A woman accidentally burned herself while setting fire to her car Tuesday after finding bed bugs in it, police said.
The unidentified 31-year-old told police she had a panic attack when she saw the beetles in her vehicle. She decided to fight the beetles by pouring alcohol into the vehicle and setting it on fire to kill them.
She caught herself on fire, the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office said in a press release.
Police arrived at the 1200 block of Perry to assist the Waterford Regional Fire Department with the fire.
The woman was taken to McLaren Oakland Hospital for treatment for a second degree burn. Details of her condition were not known.
