Zapped

Everyone knows how annoying flying insects can be if you're trying to eat or sleep and we've all read about people burning their homes accidentally while pursuing insects or spiders.  An 80 year old man in France nearly destroyed his home while trying to zap a fly with a hand held bug zapper. The electronic spark from the zapper was all a leaky gas tank needed to cause the explosion. I've often thought a zapper would be handy but after reading about this mishap and looking up the cautions on zappers I decided to stick with the old fashioned swatter. Not only can a zapper cause flammable gases to ignite it can also spread disease if an insect is carrying disease when it is vaporized,and of course the hanging type of zapper is an indiscriminate killer,killing the beneficial along with the targeted insects. Oh,the man got lucky and escaped with only a minor burn on his hand but he will be living in a camp until the repairs to his home can be made.