A story about a homemade flame thrower:
A HUSBAND suffered nasty burns — after he tried to get rid of a spider lurking in his toilet with a makeshift flame thrower.
Chris Welding, 28, was left with his hands in bandages after he tried to remove the creepy crawly which had frightened his wife, 20, last night.
She begged him to destroy the eight-legged beast after she saw it lurking behind their toilet in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.
Chris used a can of deodorant and a lighter as a makeshift flamethrower to barbecue the critter — but his plan backfired.
The flames came bursting out from behind the u-bend and blew back in his face.
IT engineer Chris, who has two children aged four and two, said: "It was about 10.30pm last night. My wife was getting ready for bed and suddenly she let out a scream.
"She said there was a spider in the bathroom and asked me to get rid of it — neither she or the kids would go in there.
"The spider had crawled into the recess behind the loo and there was no way I could get to it.
"Stupid as it is, I grabbed a can of deodorant and a lighter and sprayed it behind the loo. The flame shot out and went round the back of the toilet and came back out at me. It was a bit of a shock."
Chris jumped into the shower to cool his injuries with cold water while his wife called for help.
Two fire crews and an ambulance came to the house and Chris was taken to Colchester General Hospital.
He said: "I've got two burned fingers and a burned knuckle. I wasn't badly injured but they wanted to check I hadn't inhaled any of the fumes.
"They let me come back the same night."
By the time the crews arrived the blaze was out , but there was no trace of the spider.
A spokesman for Essex County Fire and Rescue Service said: "It appears the wife had spotted the creepy crawly in the bathroom and asked her husband to capture it.
"There was an almighty explosion which blew the man back into his hallway and lifted the hatch on the loft.
"He did exactly the right thing by jumping into the shower and cooling his burns with cold water while his wife raised the alarm."
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