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An incendiary idea to kill six-legged invaders resulted in a lot of smoke and the evacuation of several apartments on North Tower Avenue Monday morning.
Fire crews and Centralia police responded just before 9:30 a.m. Monday and blocked off the 300 block of North Tower Avenue after receiving a report of a fire.
A resident was reportedly trying to kill cockroaches by using aerosol bug spray and a lighter to create a homemade flamethrower, according to the Centralia Police Department.
The small, smoky fire was already out when crews arrived.
The Centralia Police Department is continuing to investigate the incident.
