Florida Man Drunk, High & Naked Sets House on Fire While Baking Cookies
The police department determined that Cunningham was baking cookies on his George Foreman grill and had left them unattended.
Last week an incident occurred in a town called Niceville, Florida where a man greeted the firefighters after he allegedly started a house fire as he tried to bake cookies, according to local media reports. On August 27, firefighters got to the home around 5:30 pm when they saw smoke coming from inside and they could smell something burning, according to the incident report stated in the Miami Herald. A naked man opened the front door, said, “I’m sorry” and closed the door. The Herald quotes a police report, saying the man ‘showed no sign of understanding the danger he was in’.
The man, later identified as James Gregory Cunningham, again responded to the door, left it open and went back to the house. Niceville police officers had arrived at the scene to assist the firefighters. According to the police report, there were several things on fire inside the home, including some towels. For his safety, officers detained Cunningham and brought him some pants. Once safely out of the house, the 53-year-old admitted that he had had consumed two litres of vodka and smoked marijuana. Firefighters went inside with oxygen masks to put the fire out.
The police department determined that Cunningham was baking cookies on his George Foreman grill and had left them unattended. The cookies and the grill subsequently caught fire. The man then put towels on the grill to put the fire out, which also caught fire. Despite obvious burns on his hands, Cunningham refused medical treatment. The report said, “The firefighters on scene advised if James had stayed in the house he could have been seriously injured or possible died."
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