Firefighters had one very simple message they posted on social media: "Please don't use a blowtorch to kill spiders."
Local media TV station KFSN reported 29 firefighters were called to the property in Fresno, California.
Authorities said the man was house-sitting for his parents when he noticed some black widow spiders on an outside wall.
He tried to "exterminate" them with a blowtorch, but accidentally started a blaze
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