To exterminate a spider a California man setting fire to his own apartment. According to Lyndsey Wisegarver, a caregiver to one of the residents of the apartment that caught fire, “It was a huge wolf spider”.The man was trying to kill the spider with blowtorch but the flame didn’t kill the spider instantly, however – the burning arachnid reportedly scurried into a nearby mattress.Flames quickly spread from the mattress to curtains and several other items in the bedroom, fire officials said. Residents also tried to use garden hose to control the flames before the arrival of fire tenders but the fire caused an estimated $11,000 in damage.

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